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Job and housing tenure and the journey to work

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  • David M. Levinson

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Tenure at jobs and houses, along with commuting patterns between home and work, were studied for residents of metropolitan Washington. Two alternative potential outcomes were considered: (1) because moving or switching jobs can be used as an opportunity to reduce commuting duration in an era of rising congestion, those who recently moved or changed jobs should have shorter than average commutes; and (2) because most new residential construction is at the urban fringe, an area of longer commutes, those who recently moved to new homes should have longer commutes. Evaluation of the effect of commuting duration on job and housing tenure suggests that those who move, on average, maintain commute duration rather than having a major increase or decrease. This corroborates the idea that there are offsetting factors, where increases in commute lengths due to suburbanizing residences are counteracted by the correlated process of suburbanizing jobs.

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  • David M. Levinson, 1997. "Job and housing tenure and the journey to work," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 31(4), pages 451-471.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:anresc:v:31:y:1997:i:4:p:451-471
    Note: Received: June 1995 / Accepted in revised form: May 1997
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    1. Jae Hong Kim, 2014. "Residential and job mobility: Interregional variation and their interplay in US metropolitan areas," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(13), pages 2863-2879, October.
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    3. Clark, William A. V. & Huang, Youqin & Withers, Suzanne, 2003. "Does commuting distance matter?: Commuting tolerance and residential change," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 199-221, March.
    4. Hazans, Mihails, 2002. "Social returns to commuting in the Baltic states," ERSA conference papers ersa02p232, European Regional Science Association.
    5. Jae Kim & Geoffrey Hewings, 2013. "Land use regulation and intraregional population–employment interaction," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 51(3), pages 671-693, December.
    6. Hu, Lingqian & Schneider, Robert J., 2017. "Different ways to get to the same workplace: How does workplace location relate to commuting by different income groups?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 106-115.
    7. K. Newbold, 2012. "Migration and regional science: opportunities and challenges in a changing environment," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 48(2), pages 451-468, April.
    8. Hui Chen & Sven Voigt & Xiaoming Fu, 2021. "Data-Driven Analysis on Inter-City Commuting Decisions in Germany," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-24, June.
    9. Hao Wu & David Levinson & Andrew Owen, 2021. "Commute mode share and access to jobs across US metropolitan areas," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(4), pages 671-684, May.
    10. Levinson, David & Chang, Elva, 2000. "Deploying Electronic Tolls," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt234972cq, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    11. Yao Wu & David Levinson, 2005. "The Rational Locator Reexamined," Working Papers 200503, University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group.
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    13. Elif Alkay, 2011. "In Depth Analysis of the Home to Work Travel Pattern in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area," ERSA conference papers ersa11p371, European Regional Science Association.
    14. Philip S. Morrison, 2005. "Unemployment and Urban Labour Markets," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(12), pages 2261-2288, November.

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    JEL classification:

    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
    • R42 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance; Transportation Planning
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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