Cuberes, D., Roberts, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-7251 and Sechel, C. (2019) Household location in English cities. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 75. pp. 120-135. ISSN 0166-0462
Abstract
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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Regional Science and Urban Economic. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Cities; Household location; Income; Amenities |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2019 15:41 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2020 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.01.012 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.01.012 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142764 |