Determinants of Commuting Distances: Case of French Metropolitan Municipalities

Les déterminants des distances domicile-travail: cas des aires urbaines françaises métropolitaines

Romain Gaté () and Mohamed Hilal ()
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Romain Gaté: LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Mohamed Hilal: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE]

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Abstract: We estimate urban form effects on commuting distances within French urban areas using cross-sectional analysis (1999, 2007 and 2014). A stronger concentration of jobs relative to population within urban areas appears to significantly influence commuting distances. However, our estimates suggest relatively weak effects. Average distances between residence location and workplace would decrease by 10 % if jobs and population were equally distributed within urban areas. Our results show that commuting distances depend on many parameters that differ with spatial distribution of jobs within urban areas (density, demographics and public transport).

Keywords: Urban forms; Commuting distances; Distribution of jobs; Urban population; Formes urbaines; Déplacements domicile-travail; Localisation des emplois; Localisation de la population urbaine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Revue d'économie politique, 2025, 135 (2), pp.343-379

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