Commuting, gender and children

Malte Borghorst, Ismir Mulalic () and Jos van Ommeren

Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, vol. 144, issue C

Abstract: We demonstrate that women with children are much more likely to leave their job when they have a long commute, which is not true for men. Interpreting these results through the lens of a dynamic search model, we demonstrate that commuting costs increase substantially for women after they have children. For women with children, a 12 kilometer increase in commuting distance induces costs equivalent to about 20% of their wage.

Keywords: Commuting; Children; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J42 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Commuting, Children and the Gender Wage Gap (2021)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2024.103709

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