Consumption Access and Agglomeration: Evidence from Smartphone Data

Yuhei Miyauchi, Kentaro Nakajima and Stephen Redding
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Yuhei Miyauchi: Boston University

Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies.

Abstract: Using smartphone data for Japan, we show that non-commuting trips are frequent, more localized than commuting trips, strongly related to the availability of nontraded services, and occur along trip chains. Guided by these empirical findings, we develop a quantitative urban model that incorporates travel to work and travel to consume non-traded services. We use the gravity equation predictions of the model to estimate theoretically-consistent measures of travel access. We show that consumption access makes a substantial contribution to the observed variation in residents and land prices and the observed impact of the opening of a new subway line.

Keywords: agglomeration; urbanization; transportation; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 R12 R20 R30 R40 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06
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