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来源

REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.75,P.120-135

语言

英文

关键字

Cities; Household location; Income; Amenities; HISTORIC AMENITIES; TRANSIT ACCESS; INCOME; CITY; QUALITY; GROWTH; MODEL; RENTS; POOR; LAND

作者单位

[Cuberes, David] Clark Univ, Econ Dept, Jonas Clark Hall,950 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610 USA. [Sechel, Cristina] Univ Sheffield, Inst Econ Anal Decis Making, Dept Econ, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England. [Roberts, Jennifer] Univ Sheffield, Dept Econ, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England. Cuberes, D (reprint author), Clark Univ, Econ Dept, Jonas Clark Hall,950 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610 USA. E-Mail: dcuberes@clarku.edu; c.sechel@sheffield.ac.uk

摘要

This paper is the first to test an amenity-based sorting model for cities in England. We explore household location under both monocentric and polycentric assumptions about city structure. On average, we find no systematic relationship between income and household distance to the city centre. However, there are differences between cities, with a positive income-distance relationship in Birmingham and Leeds, and a negative relationship in Newcastle. Household heterogeneity is also important; for example, on average households with heads who are migrants live 25% closer to the centre than non-migrants. We also find that only the employed (and those above the poverty line) are influenced by the availability of public transport, which is in direct opposition to the US evidence.