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Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities
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- Monte, Ferdinando (Author)
- Redding, Stephen J. (Author)
- Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (Author)
Title
Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities
Abstract
We provide theory and evidence that the elasticity of local employment to a labor demand shock is heterogeneous depending on the commuting openness of the local labor market. We develop a quantitative general equilibrium model that incorporates spatial linkages in goods markets (trade) and factor markets (commuting and migration). We quantify this model to match the observed gravity equation relationships for trade and commuting. We find that empirically-observed reductions in commuting costs generate welfare gains of around 3.3 percent. We provide separate quasi-experimental evidence in support of the model's predictions using the location decisions of million dollar plants.
Publication
American Economic Review
Volume
108
Issue
12
Pages
3855-90
Date
2018-12
Citation
Monte, F., Redding, S. J., & Rossi-Hansberg, E. (2018). Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities. American Economic Review, 108, 3855–3890.
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