Spatial patterns in intermunicipal Danish commuting



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Spatial patterns in intermunicipal Danish
commuting.

Jorgen Lauridsen and Birgit Nahrstedt

Dept. Of Statistic and Demography
Odense University, Hollufgaard
Hestehaven 201
DK-5220 Odense S0
Denmark

E-mail jtl@busieco. ou.dk
http://www. busieco. ou. dk/eco/faculty/jtl. htm

Paper to be written as part of the research project “Heterogeneity in Spatial
Econometric Modeling”. This version is intended for presentation at the 38th
Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Vienna, Austria,
August 28 - September 1, 1998.

Abstract.

Intermunicipal variations in in-commuting are mainly explained by variations in
number of workplaces, urbanization degree and wealth, whereas variations in out-
commuting are mainly determined by variations in workforce size, number of
workplaces, living patterns and unemployment. This is quite satisfactory according
to existing theory.

However, of these explanatory factors only the number of workplaces influences
the net in-commuting. But by using spatial lag structures it is shown that
unemployment in neighbourhood municipalities influences net in-commuting.

Finally, evidence of impact of local spatial industrial patterns on the commuting
behaviour is provided, and the nature and reasons for these spatial patterns are
discussed.



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