Work and home location: Possible role of social networks

Nebiyou Tilahun and David Levinson

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2011, vol. 45, issue 4, 323-331

Abstract: This research explores to what extent people's work locations are similar to that of those who live around them. Using the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data set and the 2000 decennial census, we investigate the home and work locations of different census block residents in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) metropolitan area. Our aim is to investigate if people who share a residence neighborhood also share work locations to a degree beyond what would be explained by distanhe observed patterns is the role neighborhood level and work place social networks play in locating jobs and residences respectively.

Keywords: Contacts; Job; finding; Home; finding; Work; commute; Social; networks; Home; and; work; location; sharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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