We estimate the causal impact of wage variations on commuting distance of workers. We test whether higher wages across years lead workers to live further away from their working place. We use employer–employee data for the French Ile-de-France region (surrounding Paris), from 2003 to 2008, and we deal with the endogenous relation between income and commuting using an instrumental variable strategy. We estimate that increases in wages coming from exogenous exposure to trade activities lead workers to increase their commuting distance and to settle closer to the city of Paris historical center. Our results cast novel insights upon the causal mechanisms from wage to spatial allocation of workers.

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工资变化和通勤距离

我们估计了工资变化对工人通勤距离的因果影响。我们测试多年来更高的工资是否会导致工人住在离工作地点更远的地方。我们使用 2003 年至 2008 年法国法兰西岛地区（巴黎周边）的雇主-雇员数据，并使用工具变量策略处理收入与通勤之间的内生关系。我们估计，来自外源性贸易活动的工资增加会导致工人增加通勤距离，并在靠近巴黎市历史中心的地方定居。我们的结果对从工资到工人空间分配的因果机制提出了新的见解。