Economy-Wide Spillovers from Booms: Long-Distance Commuting and the Spread of Wage Effects

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Green, David A.; Morissette, Rene; Sand, Ben M.; Snoddy, Iain
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia; Statistics Canada; York University - Canada
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/703362
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: S643-S687
• 关键词: labor-market; energy boom; EMPLOYMENT; income; impacts; search; shocks; matter; OIL

摘要

Since 2000, US real average wages stagnated or declined while Canadian wages increased. We investigate the role of the Canadian resource boom in explaining this difference. We focus on wage spillovers to nonresource workers through a bargaining channel. We find that long-distance commuting to resource regions had substantial spillover effects on noncommuters in sending regions. Through spillovers, we account for 49% of the increase in the real mean wage in Canada between 2000 and 2012. We also find long-distance commuting effects in the United States. We conclude that long-distance commuting integrates regions, spreading benefits and costs of booms across the economy.