The University Workers' Willingness to pay for Commuting

Giovanni Russo, Jos van Ommeren () and Piet Rietveld
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Giovanni Russo: VU University Amsterdam

No 10-086/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This discussion paper led to a publication in Transportation , 2012, 39(6), 1121-1132.

Using a dynamic approach, employing data on job mobility, we demonstrate that university workers' marginal willingness to pay for reducing commuting distance is about euro 0.25 per kilometre travelled. This corresponds to a marginal willingness to pay for reducing commuting time of about 75% of the net average hourly wage. For females, the willingness to pay is substantially higher than for males. It is also substantially higher for workers that work few hours per day, as predicted by theory.

Keywords: University workers; commuting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08-30
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