Konferenzbeitrag

Why do firms reimburse job applicants' relocation costs?

We develop an equilibrium job search model in which employees incur commuting costs, and residential relocation is costly. We demonstrate that firms partially compensate workers for the incurred relocation costs to avoid paying compensation for commuting costs.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: 42nd Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "From Industry to Advanced Services - Perspectives of European Metropolitan Regions", August 27th - 31st, 2002, Dortmund, Germany

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Wirtschaft

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
van Ommeren, Jos
Rietveld, Piet
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
(where)
Louvain-la-Neuve
(when)
2002

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Object type

  • Konferenzbeitrag

Associated

  • van Ommeren, Jos
  • Rietveld, Piet
  • European Regional Science Association (ERSA)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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