The Commuting Distribution

Jos van Ommeren ()

No 04-045/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: In this paper we analyse the commuting distribution from a job search perspective.We have examined under which conditions the commuting distribution is unimodal which isone of the stylised facts of commuting. It appears that a necessary condition is that space istwo-dimensional. Furthermore, one of the following ingredients is sufficient: on-the-jobmobility, spatially-differentiated search or heterogeneity ofjobs. Residential mobility does notappear to explain the shape of the commuting density function as we observe it.

Keywords: commuting; search; mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J64 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-04-23
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