The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions
In this paper we employ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, a polycentric city with 10 employment subcenters, as a case study to explore the role of employment subcenters in determining residential location decisions. We estimate discrete choice models of residential location decisions: conditional...
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| description | In this paper we employ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, a polycentric city with 10 employment subcenters, as a case study to explore the role of employment subcenters in determining residential location decisions. We estimate discrete choice models of residential location decisions: conditional logit models and heteroscedastic logit models with both the full choice set and sampled choices. We find that access to certain employment subcenters, measured in terms of generalized cost, is an important determinant of households’ residential location decisions. The proximity to specific employment subcenters varies across households with different income levels. These patterns can be explained by existing land use and transportation patterns, as well as by subcenters’ economic specialization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a55b8ec20e7b408ca364068f8bccb8132025-08-20T02:20:37ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492008-11-011210.5198/jtlu.v1i2.65The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location DecisionsEun Joo ChoDaniel RodriguezYan SongIn this paper we employ Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, a polycentric city with 10 employment subcenters, as a case study to explore the role of employment subcenters in determining residential location decisions. We estimate discrete choice models of residential location decisions: conditional logit models and heteroscedastic logit models with both the full choice set and sampled choices. We find that access to certain employment subcenters, measured in terms of generalized cost, is an important determinant of households’ residential location decisions. The proximity to specific employment subcenters varies across households with different income levels. These patterns can be explained by existing land use and transportation patterns, as well as by subcenters’ economic specialization.https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/65Residential Location ChoiceEmployment subcentersAccessChoice models |
| spellingShingle | Eun Joo Cho Daniel Rodriguez Yan Song The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions Journal of Transport and Land Use Residential Location Choice Employment subcenters Access Choice models |
| title | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_full | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
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| title_short | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_sort | role of employment subcenters in residential location decisions |
| topic | Residential Location Choice Employment subcenters Access Choice models |
| url | https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/65 |
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