Spatial distribution of US employment in an urban efficiency wage setting

Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Molina, José Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Velilla Gambó, Jorge (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: We analyze whether ef¿ciency wages operate in urban labor markets, within the framework proposed by Ross and Zenou, in whichshirking at work and leisure are assumed to be substitutes. We useunique data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) that allowus to analyze the relationships between leisure, shirking, commuting, employment, and earnings. We con¿rm that shirking and leisureare substitutes, and present an estimate of this relationship, representing the only empirical test of the relationship between a worker’stime endowment and shirking at work. Our ¿ ndings point to the existence of ef¿ciency wages in labor markets.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/jors.12351

Año: 2018

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 58, 1 (2018), 141–158
ISSN: 0022-4146

Factor impacto JCR: 1.944 (2018)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 103 / 363 = 0.284 (2018) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING rank: 25 / 39 = 0.641 (2018) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES rank: 70 / 116 = 0.603 (2018) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.431 - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Development (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2012-34828

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)