Commuting in Great Britain in the 1990s

A. Benito and Andrew Oswald

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper studies commuting in Great Britain in the 1990s. The average one-way commute to work is now 38 minutes in London, 33 minutes in the south-east, and 21 minutes in the rest of the country. There are three other findings. First, commuting times are especially long among the highly educated, among home-owners, and among those who work in large plants and offices. In Britain, people with university degrees spend 50% more time traveling to work than those with low qualifications. Private renters do much less commuting than owner-occupiers. Second, there has recently been a rise in commuting times in the south-east and the capital.

Keywords: COMMUTING; EDUCATION; WAGES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2000
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