The relationship between well-being and commuting revisited: Does the choice of methodology matter?

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 321-329

  Dickerson, Andy ^a   Hole, Arne Risa ^a   Munford, Luke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C25; Commuting; D12; Fixed effects; I10; R41; Well being

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84913596614     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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