Labour and residential accessibility: a Bayesian analysis based on Poisson gravity models with spatial effects

M. Alonso, M. Beamonte, P. Gargallo and M. Salvador ()

Journal of Geographical Systems, 2014, vol. 16, issue 4, 409-439

Abstract: In this study, we measure jointly the labour and the residential accessibility of a basic spatial unit using a Bayesian Poisson gravity model with spatial effects. The accessibility measures are broken down into two components: the attractiveness component, which is related to its socio-economic and demographic characteristics, and the impedance component, which reflects the ease of communication within and between basic spatial units. For illustration purposes, the methodology is applied to a data set containing information about commuters from the Spanish region of Aragón. We identify the areas with better labour and residential accessibility, and we also analyse the attractiveness and the impedance components of a set of chosen localities which allows us to better understand their mobility patterns. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Labour and residential accessibility; Poisson gravity model; Commuting; Auxiliary mixture sampling; Bayesian inference; Spatial interaction models; C11; C21; J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10109-014-0201-3

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