@article {Gu1020-11263R2, author = {Yizhen Gu and Naijia Guo and Jing Wu and Ben Zou}, title = {Home Location Choices and the Gender Commute Gap}, elocation-id = {1020-11263R2}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.1020-11263R2}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Using administrative records of home mortgages in Beijing, we show that dual-income households systematically choose to buy homes that are closer to the wife{\textquoteright}s workplace. The wife{\textquoteright}s commute from the newly purchased home is on average 11\% shorter by distance than the husband{\textquoteright}s. We estimate a discrete home location choice model and find that households derive substantially larger disutility from the wife{\textquoteright}s commute than from the husband{\textquoteright}s. Through the lens of a simple collective household model, we show evidence that gender commute gap reflects the intra-household division of labor and relative bargaining power.}, issn = {0022-166X}, URL = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/11/03/jhr.1020-11263R2}, eprint = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/11/03/jhr.1020-11263R2.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Human Resources} }