Key Issues in Local Job Accessibility Measurement: Different Models Mean Different Results

Bunel, Mathieu; Tovar, Élisabeth

doi:10.1177/0042098013495573

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“…Since public and private transport are clearly alternative ways of reaching job opportunities, we expect families residing in areas served by better public transport infrastructure to be, on average, less dependent on private transport. Offering a first impression of this relationship, Figure 3 shows 12 As suggested by Bunel and Tovar (2013), the use of alternative measures of job accessibility might lead to different results. Therefore, we checked the sensitivity of our results obtained under different definitions of job accessibility by public transport.…”

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Job accessibility and job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona

Paolo

Raymond

2017

Papers in Regional Science

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This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona with regard to both public and private transport. Transit accessibility is defined in terms of the spatial distribution of employment relative to travel time by public transport, whereas accessibility by private transport is approximated by car availability. The results obtained from a joint model for car ownership, employment selectivity and mismatch confirm that car availability matters for job-education mismatch. Moreover, public transport connectivity to job locations favours the matching between schooling and occupation in the urban labour market.JEL classification: J61, J21, O18, P25, R41

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Job accessibility and job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona

Paolo

Raymond

2017

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Boisjoly and El-Geneidy (2016), using public transport share regression models, analysed the influence of time sensitive accessibility measures to the results of modal choice modelling. Bunel and Tovar (2014), in the framework of spatial mismatch, examined if the results of local job accessibility modelling depend on the measurement strategy. But in the context of the residential location choice modelling, to our knowledge, little research have analysed the effect of the accessibility measure.…”

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Does the accessibility measure influence the results of residential location choice modelling?

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Accessibility is essential in Land-Use Transport Interaction (LUTI) framework. For residential location choice in particular, it has always been important at theoretical level. At empirical level, the place of accessibility is doubt in some case studies, considering other location characteristics more important, like the social environment and the neighbourhood amenities. However, this result can be caused by the measurement of accessibility. In view of the wealth of approaches, this paper examines whether different accessibility measures can lead to divergent results. Using a residential location choice model for the Lyon urban area, we test various accessibility indicators and we compare the results. Accessibility is an indispensable variable, whatever is the measure. Without it, the model gives inconsistent results. Complex accessibility measures give better results but simple measures are also relevant for residential location choices modelling. The choice depends heavily on the objectives of the application especially if the model is to be used for simulation.

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“…Other literature reviews of accessibility measures areHandy and Niemeier (1997),Bhat et al (2000),El-Geneidy and Levinson (2006), andBunel et al (2013).2 Although the empirical implications would be largely unchanged, the model can easily be extended to incorporate job separations (seeRogerson et al 2005).…”

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Job Displacement and the Duration of Joblessness: The Role of Spatial Mismatch

Andersson

Haltiwanger

Kutzbach

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This paper presents a new approach to the measurement of the effects of spatial mismatch that takes advantage of matched employer-employee administrative data integrated with a person-specific job accessibility measure, as well as demographic and neighborhood characteristics. The basic hypothesis is that if spatial mismatch is present, then improved accessibility to appropriate jobs should shorten the duration of unemployment. We focus on lower-income workers with strong labor force attachment searching for employment after being subject to a mass layoff -thereby focusing on a group of job searchers that are plausibly searching for exogenous reasons. We construct person-specific measures of job accessibility based upon an empirical model of transport modal choice and network travel-time data, giving variation both across neighborhoods in nine metropolitan areas, as well as across neighbors. Our results support the spatial mismatch hypothesis. We find that better job accessibility significantly decreases the duration of joblessness among lower-paid displaced workers. Blacks, females, and older workers are more sensitive to job accessibility than other subpopulations.

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Key Issues in Local Job Accessibility Measurement: Different Models Mean Different Results

Cited by 48 publications

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Job accessibility and job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona

Job accessibility and job‐education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona

Does the accessibility measure influence the results of residential location choice modelling?

Job Displacement and the Duration of Joblessness: The Role of Spatial Mismatch

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