The commuting distribution

Jos van Ommeren

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.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Ommeren, Jos van
Publisher:	Rotterdam [u.a.] : Tinbergen Inst.
Subject:	commuting \| search \| mobility \| Pendelverkehr \| Commuting \| Arbeitsuche \| Job search \| Wohnstandort \| Residential location \| Arbeitsmobilität \| Labour mobility \| Suchtheorie \| Search theory