Spatial mismatch in Beijing, China: Implications of job accessibility for Chinese low-wage workers

Habitat International

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 202-210

  Fan, Yingling ^a   Allen, Ryan ^a   Sun, Tieshan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affordable housing; China; Job access; Jobs housing mismatch; Migrant worker; Transit

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ACCESSIBILITY; INVESTMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN SOCIETY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84903581857     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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