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Determinants of Commuting Time and Distance for Seoul Residents: The Impact of Family Status on the Commuting of Women

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  • Bun Song Lee

    (Bun Song Lee is in the Division of Economics, University of Seoul, 90 Jeonnong-dong, Dongdaemoon-ku, Seoul, Korea 130-743. Fax: 822 2210 5232. bunslee@hotmail.com)

  • John F. McDonald

    (Departments of Finance and Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Business Administration (MC 075), 601 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7122, USA.mcdonald@uic.edu)

Abstract

This paper performs multiple regression analysis to identify a large number of determinants of commuting time and distance for Seoul residents using the 2 per cent public-use sample data tape of the 1995 Korean Population Census. Among the numerous findings, it is noted that commuting times and distances are longer for male workers, full-time salaried workers, workers with more education, home-owners and male workers in the prime earning years (over age 35). It is found that the household responsibility of childcare is an important factor for the shorter commuting of Korean married women.

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  • Bun Song Lee & John F. McDonald, 2003. "Determinants of Commuting Time and Distance for Seoul Residents: The Impact of Family Status on the Commuting of Women," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 40(7), pages 1283-1302, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:40:y:2003:i:7:p:1283-1302
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000084604
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