The persevering commuter - Duration of long-distance commuting

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-445

  Sandow, Erika ^a   Westin, Kerstin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Duration; Economic outcome; Households; Long distance commuting; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT;

DURATION; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HOUSEHOLDS; LONG-DISTANCE COMMUTING; LONG-TERM STRATEGY; SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS; STRATEGIC MOBILITY; SWEDEN;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COMMUTING; GENDER DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; JOURNEY TO WORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77952884820     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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