Job access and commute penalties: Balancing work and residence in Los Angeles

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 610-626

  Clark, William A V ^a   Wang, Wenfei Winnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commute penalty; Commuting behavior; Earnings; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; RACE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744498073     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.7.610     Document Type: Article

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