The Journey-to-Work as a Determinant of Residential Location

John F. Kain

Expert InsightsPublished 2004

Data on the manner in which transportation costs influence the household's choice of a residential location. A residential location model is also described that considers this problem somewhat differently from previous models. It is shown that households substitute journey-to-work expenditures for site expenditures. This substitution depends primarily on household preferences for low-density as opposed to high-density residential services.

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  • Year: 2004
  • Pages: 42
  • Document Number: P-2489

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Kain, John F., The Journey-to-Work as a Determinant of Residential Location. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2004. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2489.html.
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