articles: Welfare reform and spatial matchingbetween clients and jobs

Ashish Sen (), Paul Metaxatos (), Siim Sööt () and Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
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Ashish Sen: Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Paul Metaxatos: Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Siim Sööt: Urban Transportation Center , University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340 South, Chicago, IL 60607, USA

Papers in Regional Science, 1999, vol. 78, issue 2, 195-211

Abstract: The recent Welfare Reform Act requires several categories of public assistance recipients to transition to the work force. In most metropolitan areas public assistance clients reside great distances from areas of entry-level jobs. Any program designed to provide access to these jobs, for those previously on public aid, needs relevant transportation services when the job search process begins. Therefore it is essential that the latent demand for commuting among public aid clients be assessed in developing public transportation services. The location of entry-level jobs must also be known or, as in this article, estimated using numerous data sources. This article reports on such a demand estimation effort, focusing primarily on the use of Regional Science methods.

Keywords: Welfare to work; travel demand; targeted service; entry-level job openings. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C13 C51 C52 I31 J23 R12 R41 R53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-06-17
Note: Received: 5 January 1998
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