Cuberes, D., Roberts, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-7251 and Sechel, C. (2019) Household location in English cities. Working Paper. Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series (2019001). Department of Economics , University of Sheffield. ISSN 1749-8368
Abstract
This paper is the first to test an amenity -based sorting model for cities in England. We use individual level data on urban households for the period 2011 -2016 , combining this with data on local amenities to explore household location under both monocentric and polycentric assumptions about city struct ure. On average we find that there is no systematic relationship between income and household distance to the ëcity centreí, once neighbourhood amenities and other household characteristics are taken into account. Household heterogeneity is important, and as well as influencing location directly, we also find interactions between the effects of household characteristics and local amenities. There are also important differences between cities in England; for example higher income house holds seem to live further from the city centre in Birmingham, but closer to it in Newcastle. Our results reveal some important differences to the US evidence that has domin ated this literature. Migrant status is important in England, and on average migrants live much closer to the city centre than non -migrants, but race per se does not seem to influence household location. Also it appears that in England only the employed (and those above the poverty line) are influenced by the availabilit y of public transport; which is in direct opposition to the US evidence. Overall we conclude that the standard urb an land use model provides a partial explanation of how households sort by income in cities, but that the role of amenities and household heterogeneity is large and warr ants more att ention.
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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) > Sheffield Economics Research Papers Series The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2019 15:23 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2019 15:26 |
Published Version: | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/economics/research/ser... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Economics |
Series Name: | Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series |
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