Exploring the connections among job accessibility, employment, income, and auto ownership using structural equation modeling

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-356

  Gao, Shengyi ^a   Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^b   Johnston, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149101846     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0154-2     Document Type: Article

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