A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are … selection will bias downward the wage impact of commuting, and marginally affect the coefficients on education, age and gender … impact of commute time on job acceptance decisions. We also use the theory to calculate the bargaining power of workers which …

A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are … selection will bias downward the wage impact of commuting, and marginally affect the coefficients on education, age and gender … impact of commute time on job acceptance decisions. We also use the theory to calculate the bargaining power of workers which …

local labour market. In addition, there is a clear negative effect of home ownership on the unemployment risk and a positive …

women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience … female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages. …

local labour market. In addition, there is a clear negative effect of home ownership on the unemployment risk and a positive …

negative duration dependence of exit rates from unemployment. Our model has a number of novel testable implications. For … instance, we show that a higher connectivity among unemployed individuals reduces duration dependence and that exit rates … depend positively on the duration of the last job held by the unemployed worker. …