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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP15181
	DP15181 Gender Differences in Job Search: Trading off Commute Against Wage
	Thomas Le Barbanchon; Roland Rathelot; Alexandra Roulet
发表日期	2020-08-19
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	In this paper we relate gender differences in willingness to commute to the gender wage gap. Using unique administrative data on job search criteria, we first document that unemployed women have a lower reservation wage than comparable men and that the maximum commute they are willing to accept is smaller. We also find that they get lower wages and shorter commutes in their next job. We then identify indifference curves between wage and commute using the joint distributions of reservation job attributes and of accepted job bundles. Indifference curves are steeper for women, who value commute around 20% more than men. Through the lens of a job search model where commuting matters, we estimate that around 10% of the gender wage gap is accounted for by gender differences in the willingness to pay for a shorter commute. Finally, we use job application data to test the robustness of our results and to show that female workers do not receive less demand from far-away employers, confirming that most of the gender gap in commute is supply-side driven.
主题	Labour Economics
关键词	Gender wage gap Commute
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp15181
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544151
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas Le Barbanchon,Roland Rathelot,Alexandra Roulet. DP15181 Gender Differences in Job Search: Trading off Commute Against Wage. 2020.