The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: Employment potential vs. commuting gravity

Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Nicolai Wendland

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 143, issue C, 125-129

Abstract: We show that an employment potential capitalisation model produces estimates of the spatial decay in employment impact on land prices that are very close to the decay observed in commuting data.

Keywords: Accessibility; Commuting; Employment; Gravity; Potential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R12 R28 R38 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: The Spatial Decay in Commuting Probabilities: Employment Potential vs. Commuting Gravity (2015)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.04.004

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