The influence of uncertain job location on urban form and the journey to work
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It is argued that the conventional theory of urban structure assumes that residents do not consider future job locations and life-cycle factors on their current housing decisions. This model is extended to demonstrate that residents base such decisions on their current job sites, as well as on the location of their next jobs and the likelihood of both separations and residential moves. The next-job factor decreases value of access to the present job, while the relocation factor dictates the opportunity cost of the relocation. Compared to standard urban models, these two variables create flatter rent gradients and more sprawl. The results of the analysis indicate the possibility of a relationship between job stability and the length of commutes.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1996
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Voluntary income redistribution with migration
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A study was undertaken to investigate the 'welfare magnet' problem, which deals with recipient and resource migration due to regional disparities in transfer policies. The study showed the value of redistributing local resources to be determined by how each group valued income, the cost of the distribution in erosion of the resource base via migration and the equilibrium effects of the transfer on local prices. It was proposed that the mobility of the rich and the poor populations is inversely related to the net benefits of redistribution, provided that the benefits of the new income allocation are not dominated by local general equilibrium price effects.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1992
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On welfare measurement in cities
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The welfare effects of marginal land improvements involving distortionary public finances in a spatial urban economy are analyzed. It was demonstrated that when distortionary property tax is used to fund public improvements, housing prices do not measure the true marginal value of a housing unit. This was shown to hold true even in cases wherein improvements are minute and city residents are exactly the same. It was also suggested that inaccurate parameter estimates result when the conventional method is used in calculating housing demand.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1992
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