Which came first, the telecommuting or the residential relocation? An empirical analysis of causality

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 590-609

  Ory, David T ^a   Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Residential location; Retrospective survey; Telecommuting; Teleworking; Work at home

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RELOCATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TELECOMMUTING; WORKPLACE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846916645     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.7.590     Document Type: Article

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