 Firm heterogeneity and the accessibility of manufacturing firms to labour marketsDavid Martín-Barroso, Juan Nuñez-Serrano and Francisco J. Velázquez Journal of Transport Geography, 2017, vol. 60, issue C, 243-256 Abstract: In this paper, we propose a measure of geographic accessibility of firms to labour markets. This measure is computed from the microeconomic perspective, avoiding ex ante imposition of administrative boundaries and including the individual characteristics of firms and workers along with the geographical environment and the urban structure of territories through the estimation of particular impedance functions. Computation is done using microdata on more than 60,000 Spanish manufacturing firms and over a million workers' commutes across the full road transport infrastructure network (urban and intercity). We estimate impedance functions that incorporate the specific characteristics of firms and workers. Results show notable accessibility differences across firms due not just to their geographic location but also to their intrinsic industry characteristics and the strategies that they follow. Keywords: Accessibility; Transport infrastructures; Impedance functions; Labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:60:y:2017:i:c:p:243-256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.03.008 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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