Culture and cross-border commuting
利用比利时荷兰语区（佛兰德斯和布鲁塞尔）到荷兰的跨境通勤数据，研究发现经济因素（如地理距离）仍是决定工人跨境分布的最重要因素，而文化差异每增加一个标准差会导致跨境通勤流量下降7%至22%。
Abstract Using unique administrative data on historical dialects, we estimate the effect of cultural dissimilarity on cross-border commuting flows from the Dutch-speaking regions of Belgium (i.e. Flanders and Brussels) to the Netherlands. The results show that economic drivers, specifically the cost of commuting measured by the geographical distance, remain the most important factor defining the distribution of workers across the national borders of Belgium and the Netherlands. Furthermore, we showed that an increase in cultural difference between municipalities by one standard deviation leads to a robust decrease in cross-border commuting flows from Belgium to the Netherlands ranging from 7% to 22%.