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-ce2b71a672804f11b119e5e1ddd332742025-08-20T02:12:42ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492008-11-0112121151The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location DecisionsYan SongEun Joo ChoDaniel A. RodriguezIn 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://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/65TransportLand UseAccessibilityPolycentric citiesEmployment subcentersResidential locationLogit models |
| spellingShingle | Yan Song Eun Joo Cho Daniel A. Rodriguez The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions Journal of Transport and Land Use Transport Land Use Accessibility Polycentric cities Employment subcenters Residential location Logit models |
| title | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_full | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_short | The Role of Employment Subcenters in Residential Location Decisions |
| title_sort | role of employment subcenters in residential location decisions |
| topic | Transport Land Use Accessibility Polycentric cities Employment subcenters Residential location Logit models |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/65 |
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