Commuting barriers to low-wage employment
Lack of access to affordable transportation has been hypothesized to be a barrier to employment among low-wage workers. The authors build a structural job search model to investigate how commuting costs influence the employment decisions of low-wage workers in the United States, and whether differences in commuting by race and education can explain observed disparities in employment. The authors find that commuting itself poses a significant barrier to overall low-wage employment, as the associated costs are high relative to potential wages. However, the authors find that inter-group differences in commuting costs account for a much smaller fraction of inter-group employment disparities than do differences in other labor market factors such as the wage offer distribution and offer arrival rates.
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Authors:
- Abrahams, Scott
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- Mabli, James
- Publication Date: 2024-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 103970
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Serial:
- Regional Science and Urban Economics
- Volume: 104
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0166-0462
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01660462
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Commuting; Costs; Employment; Low income groups; Race
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01902751
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 20 2023 3:43PM