Determinants of Commuting Distances: Case of French Metropolitan Municipalities

Les déterminants des distances domicile-travail: cas des aires urbaines françaises métropolitaines

Romain Gaté and Mohamed Hilal ()
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Mohamed Hilal: CESAER - Centre d'économie et de sociologie rurales appliquées à l'agriculture et aux espaces ruraux - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: We estimate urban form effects on commuting distances within French urban areas using cross-sectional analysis (1999, 2007 and 2014). A stronger concentration of jobs relative to population within urban areas appears to significantly influence commuting distances. However, our estimates suggest relatively weak effects. Average distances between residence location and workplace would decrease by 10 % if jobs and population were equally distributed within urban areas. Our results show that commuting distances depend on many parameters that differ with spatial distribution of jobs within urban areas (density, demographics and public transport).

Keywords: Distribution of jobs; Urban forms; Commuting distances; Urban population; Déplacements domicile-travail; Formes urbaines; Localisation des emplois; Localisation de la population urbaine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-12
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Published in Revue d'économie politique, 2025, 135 (2), pp.343-379. ⟨10.3917/redp.352.0343⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/redp.352.0343

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