Modeling micro-spatial employment location patterns: A comparison of count and choice approaches

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-151

  Kim, Hyungtai ^a   Waddell, Paul ^b   Shankar, Venkataraman N ^c   Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F ^d  

^a Korea Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LOCATION THEORY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; SAMPLING;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 41049092305     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2008.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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