The effect of residential location on the wages of black women and white women

Reid, Clifford E.

doi:10.1016/0094-1190(85)90008-7

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“…Research on women and the spatial mismatch hypothesis has yielded mixed results with support of the hypothesis varying by (1) metropolitan age, size, and location (2) residential location within cities, (3) race and ethnicity, and (4) data source and methodological approach (Bell, 1974;Blackley, 1990;Ihlanfeldt, 1993;McLafferty & Preston, 1992Reid, 1985;Thompson, 1997;Vrooman & Greenfield, 1980;Wyly, 1996). 4 However, a growing body of scholarship by feminists and other scholars, particularly geographers and urban planners, suggests that a narrowly drawn conceptualization of the spatial mismatch hypothesis is not appropriate as the underlying premise for designing and implementing welfare-to-work policies.…”

Section: Women Welfare Recipients and The Spatial Mismatchmentioning

confidence: 99%

En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial Mismatch, Low-Income Women, and Transportation Policy

Blumenberg¹

2004

Journal of the American Planning Association

147

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Section: Women Welfare Recipients and The Spatial Mismatchmentioning

confidence: 99%

En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial Mismatch, Low-Income Women, and Transportation Policy

Blumenberg¹

2004

Journal of the American Planning Association

147

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“…The relevance of the spatial mismatch literature to welfare participants, a predominantly female population, is uncertain. Most of the literature on the spatial mismatch hypothesis focuses on the economic opportunities of men, particularly African American men; and the literature with respect to women has been both scanty and inconclusive (7,8,9,10,11).…”

Section: Transporation and Access To Jobsmentioning

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Cars, Buses, and Jobs: Welfare Participants and Employment Access in Los Angeles

Blumenberg¹,

Ong

2001

Transportation Research Record

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Some studies suggest that, among other obstacles to employment, welfare participants face a spatial separation from jobs and employment-related services. Using data on welfare participants, low-wage jobs, and public transit in Los Angeles County, an examination was made of the relative access that welfare participants have to employment opportunities. The analysis shows that welfare participants’ access to employment varies dramatically depending on their residential location and commute mode. Many welfare participants live in job-rich neighborhoods and are able to reach numerous jobs without difficulty by either car or public transit. Others, however, live in job-poor neighborhoods where a reliance on public transit significantly reduces their access to employment. In these neighborhoods long and unreliable commutes on public transit often severely limit their ability to find and reliably travel to and from work. Therefore, given the distinctly uneven patterns of employment opportunities in metropolitan areas, policies to address the transportation needs of welfare participants should be targeted to reflect the characteristics of the neighborhoods in which welfare participants live.

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“…Other commentators (Reid 1985;Price and Mills 1985;Ihlanfeldt and Sjoquist 1989) have argued for a more important role for space, and have provided evidence that the earnings of both black and white low-skilled workers have been reduced by job decentralization, but point out that no firm conclusions can be drawn about the effects of race independent from location. Cooke and Shumway (1991) continue this line of reasoning, arguing that confusions over the role of race versus space stem from an overemphasis on race in the spatial mismatch hypothesis.…”

Section: C) Residential Segregation By Race and Incomementioning

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Distance and Labor Force Participation: Implications for Urban and Rural Women

MacDonald¹,

Peters²

2011

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Six explanations for differences in worktrips between men and women and among different groups of women workers are reviewed in this paper. The first argues that women's secondary role in the labor force and the dual roles women assume (combining paid work with domestic responsibilities) reinforce their resistance to long worktrips. The second explanation is that women's economic returns to commuting do not justify long worktrips. A third argument is that women's jobs are more likely to be located closer to their homes than are men's. Fourth, some have argued that spatially segmented labor markets have emerged to draw on pools of conveniently located, cheap female labor. A fifth set of arguments focuses on the relationship between home and work, arguing that it is different for women than for men, resulting in different commuting choices. A final set of arguments is based on the claim that distance imposes varied constraints on women with different levels of skills and resources. Research on each of these explanatory themes is reviewed and evaluated. The subsequent sections of the paper address the comparative position of urban and rural women, the policy implications of these research findings, and identifies future research and data needs.

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The effect of residential location on the wages of black women and white women

Cited by 23 publications

References 6 publications

En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial Mismatch, Low-Income Women, and Transportation Policy

En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial Mismatch, Low-Income Women, and Transportation Policy

Cars, Buses, and Jobs: Welfare Participants and Employment Access in Los Angeles

Distance and Labor Force Participation: Implications for Urban and Rural Women

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