A JOINT MODEL OF RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT LOCATION IN URBAN AREAS

This study develops an interdependent model of residential and employm ent location. The model is then empirically tested using census tract data from the Boston metropolitan area. Access to workers is included in employment location equations together with standard employment loc ation variables, and access to jobs is included in residential locatio n equations together with standard residential location variables. It is found that the location of households is an important determinant o f the location of employment, but the location of employment is not re levant in determining the location of households. (C) 1998 Academic Pr ess.