Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection

The common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for different hous...

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Main Author: Daniel G. Chatman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Transport and Land Use
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Online Access:https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/729
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description The common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for different households. Second, controlling for residential self-selection is not necessarily relevant to the predictive questions that controlled estimates are meant to inform. Third, in controlling for preferences and sorting, the literature has failed to account for the composition of the population and its consequences for housing demand. These problems may significantly influence the validity and usefulness of the research.
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spelling doaj-art-a3274f5164e64033a4d6864261c6d6ff2025-08-20T02:20:32ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492014-12-017310.5198/jtlu.v7i3.729171Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selectionDaniel G. Chatman0University of California, BerkeleyThe common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for different households. Second, controlling for residential self-selection is not necessarily relevant to the predictive questions that controlled estimates are meant to inform. Third, in controlling for preferences and sorting, the literature has failed to account for the composition of the population and its consequences for housing demand. These problems may significantly influence the validity and usefulness of the research.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/729Residential self-selectionTravel behaviorLand use
spellingShingle Daniel G. Chatman
Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
Journal of Transport and Land Use
Residential self-selection
Travel behavior
Land use
title Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
title_full Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
title_fullStr Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
title_full_unstemmed Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
title_short Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
title_sort estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns three problems in controlling for residential self selection
topic Residential self-selection
Travel behavior
Land use
url https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/729
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