Seminars

◈ 주   제 : The Effect of Commuting Constraints on Gender Wage Gaps: Spatial Sorting

◈ 발표자 : 배한이 (석박통합과정)

◈ 일   시 : 2026년 6월 10일 수요일 12:00 ~ 12:45
◈ 장   소 : 16동 308호

◈ 주   관 : 경제학부, 경제연구소 한국경제혁신센터, SSK, BK21

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Abstract

This paper studies whether commuting constraints can generate gender wage gaps through spatial sorting, even in the absence of discrimination or individual level wage–commuting compensation. A worker workplace choice model is developed in which individuals choose workplaces based on commuting costs, allowing commuting sensitivity to differ by gender. When women are more sensitive to commuting costs in settings where higher-paying jobs require longer commutes, differences in access to high-wage workplaces generate gender wage gaps. Empirically, the paper estimates gender-specific gravity equations using Korean Census commuting flows and regional wage data. Because the structural model implies a conditional mean representation of commuting flows in terms of workplace choice probabilities, the gravity equations are estimated using Poisson pseudo–maximum likelihood. The estimates imply a baseline gender wage gap of 1.88 in three-month average earnings, driven by gender differences in access to high-wage workplaces due to commuting constraints, and counterfactual exercises show that equalizing commuting sensitivity across genders would not only eliminate this gap but reverse its sign.