All aboard? Commuter train access and labor market outcomes
(2017) In Regional Science and Urban Economics 67. p.90-107- Abstract
We investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. Our study considers the introduction of a commuter train on a pre-existing railroad in Sweden, considerably decreasing commuting times by public transit and hence increasing access to the regional employment center. Using difference-in-differences matching techniques on comprehensive individual panel data spanning over a decade, our intention-to-treat estimates show that the reform essentially had no impact on the earnings and employment development among the affected individuals.
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- author
- Åslund, Olof ; Blind, Ina LU and Dahlberg, Matz
- publishing date
- 2017-11-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Commuting, Infrastructure investment, Job access, Labor market outcomes
- in
- Regional Science and Urban Economics
- volume
- 67
- pages
- 18 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85030466134
- ISSN
- 0166-0462
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.08.007
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- bdc38832-bfcc-405d-b9a4-106494d86472
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