All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes

Olof Åslund (), Ina Blind () and Matz Dahlberg ()
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Olof Åslund: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Ina Blind: Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF), Postal: Uppsala, Sweden
Matz Dahlberg: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

No 2015:25, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: We investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. Our study considers the introduction of a commuter train on a pre-existing railroad in Sweden, considerably decreasing commuting times by public transit and hence increasing access to the regional employment center. Using difference-in-differences matching techniques on comprehensive individual panel data spanning over a decade, our intention-to-treat estimates show that the reform essentially had no impact on the earnings and employment development among the affected individuals.

Keywords: Infrastructure investment; commuting; job access; labor market outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J63 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2015-11-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-lab, nep-tre and nep-ure
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Published as Åslund, Olof, Ina Blind and Matz Dahlberg, 'All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes' in Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2017, pages 90-107.

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