A New Look at the Determinants of the Intrametropolitan Distribution of Population and Employment

William Levemier and Brian Cushing ()
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William Levemier: Department of Finance and Economics, Landrum Box 8151, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA

Urban Studies, 1994, vol. 31, issue 8, 1391-1405

Abstract: The intrametropolitan distribution of population and employment is a topic of considerable interest due to its implications for urban development. We develop an econometric model relating these distributions to a variety of factors. Using several unique explanatory variables and allowing for multiple suburban jurisdictions enable us to model better the spatial aspects of a metropolitan area. We find that housing cost and quality are the most important determinants of the population distribution, which is the most important determinant of the employment distribution; however, causation between population and employment runs both ways. Spatial factors, including transport infrastructure, play an important role in metropolitan development. The importance of various factors differs between manufacturing and non-manufacturing employment and between the white and non-white populations.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1080/00420989420081221

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