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Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities

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Monte, Ferdinando, Redding, Stephen J., Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban·2018·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.20151507
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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. (JEL J23, J61, R23, R32, R41)

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Authors
Monte, F., Redding, S. J., & Rossi-Hansberg, E.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2018-12-01
Volume
108
Issue
12
Pages
3855-3890
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.20151507
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435
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36.04
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journal article
Language
en
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