Premium
The Changing Spatial Relationship Between Residences and Worksites in the New York Metropolitan Region: Implications for Public Policy
Author(s) -
Kamer Pearl
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
real estate economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1540-6229
pISSN - 1080-8620
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6229.00843
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , central city , economic geography , population , demographic economics , economic growth , labour economics , regional science , economics , geography , sociology , demography , archaeology
In recent decades, most new metropolitan population and job growth has occurred in the suburbs. Conventional wisdom suggests that because of the selective nature of suburban labor market development, most metropolitan workers currently live further from their jobs. Distance, in turn, fragments urban labor markets and creates physical and informational barriers to employment. This article examines the selective pattern of central city‐suburban labor market development within the New York Metropolitan Region between 1960 and 1975 and analyzes the extent to which worker residences have adapted to spatial shifts in employment.