Does new information technology change commuting behavior?
| Autor: | Sergejs Gubins, Jos van Ommeren, Thomas de Graaff |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Spatial Economics, Tinbergen Institute |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Computer science
Spatial structure business.industry 05 social sciences Causal effect 0211 other engineering and technologies General Social Sciences Information technology 021107 urban & regional planning SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth 02 engineering and technology Variation (game tree) 0502 economics and business Propensity score matching Econometrics The Internet 050207 economics business General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Gubins, S, van Ommeren, J & de Graaff, T 2019, ' Does new information technology change commuting behavior? ', Annals of Regional Science, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 187-210 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-018-0893-2 Annals of Regional Science, 62(1), 187-210. Springer Verlag |
| ISSN: | 0570-1864 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00168-018-0893-2 |
| Popis: | We estimate the long-run causal effect of information technology, i.e., Internet and powerful computers, as measured by the adoption of teleworking, on average commuting distance within professions in the Netherlands. We employ data for 2 years—1996 when information technology was hardly adopted and 2010 when information technology was widely used in a wide range of professions. Variation in information technology adoption over time and between professions allows us to infer the causal effect of interest using difference-in-differences techniques combined with propensity score matching. Our results show that the long-run causal effect of information technology on commuting distance is too small to be identified and likely to be absent. This suggests that, contrary to some assertions, the advent of information technology did not have a profound impact on the spatial structure of the labor market. |
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