URBAN STRUCTURE AND THE LABOUR MARKET. WORKER MOBILITY, COMMUTING AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN CITIES

The author investigates labour markets from an urban perspective and attempts to provide an economic analysis of the spatial mobility of workers within cities. He takes the view that worker mobility is not costless and that these mobility costs may be important in understanding urban labour markets. In chapter 5, entitled "Job- worker matching and urban communities", implications for commuting behaviour are derived and compared to those from the conventional model described in Chapter 2. Econometric tests of the theories using the transportation survey microdata introduced in Chapter 2 are assessed. Commuting patterns are examined, first in a general way and then by reference to a specific, simultaneous -equations model that attempts to incorporate the essential features of the combined theories. Analysis of the evidence on commuting behaviour from the transportation survey microdata and other sources supports the view that the job-worker matching model of Chapter 4 is an important component of the analysis of urban spatial structure.

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  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

  WALTON STREET
  OXFORD,   United Kingdom  OX2 6DP
• Authors:
  • SIMPSON, W
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: X+198P

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economics; Jobs; Mobility; Sociology; Urban areas; Work trips
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 255: Economics; 621: Journey to work; 9105: Mobility (pers); 2271: Occupation; 2253: Sociology; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00631413
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-19-828358-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM