Persistence of commuting habits: context effects in Germany.

Unlabelled: In this study, I investigate the commuting behavior of workers in Germany. Using comprehensive geo-referenced administrative employee and firm data, I can calculate the exact commuting time and the distance between workers' residence and workplace locations. Based on a behavioral economic approach (Simonson and Tveresky in J Mark Res 29:281-295, 1992), I show that individual commuting decisions are influenced by wages and individual heterogeneity as well as depending on the context individuals observed in the past.