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Intra‐ and inter‐regional commuting: Assessing the role of wage differentials
Author(s) -
Bergantino Angela Stefania,
Madio Leonardo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12394
Subject(s) - wage , economics , demographic economics , labour economics , economic geography
The study aims to explain intra and inter‐regional mobility in the UK between 2004 and 2014, by examining the role played by regional wage differentials, and individual‐ and region‐specific characteristics. We use a two‐stage model: first, we generate individual predicted regional wage differentials; then, in the mobility equation, we study its effect on cross‐regional mobility. We verify that the wage differentials influence asymmetrically male and female workers, indicating the existence of a cross‐regional commuting gender gap which arises from different sensitivities to non‐monetary costs. The propensity to commute longer durations to other regions and the role of domestic responsibilities are also studied.