Spatial mobility and commuting: The case of two-earner households

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-147

  Deding, Mette ^a   Filges, Trine ^a   Van Ommeren, Jos ^b,c  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; LABOR MOBILITY; LOCATION DECISION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 59749105042     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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