Willingness to commute long distance among job seekers in Dalarna, Sweden

Cassel, Susanna Heldt; Macuchova, Zuzana; Rudholm, Niklas; Rydell, Alexis

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.10.011

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“…The gender effect (i.e. females being less prone to commute long distances), which is the single most utilized and consistent variable in relation to commuting behavior both in the developed and developing countries [ 18,19,20,21,23,24,25,26], has been found to be significant in one location only. The finding regarding the propensity to commute longer travel distances among dual career households is also in agreement with the previous studies in the context of the developed countries [ 30,31].…”

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Why live far? — Insights from modeling residential location choice in Bangladesh

Choudhury

Ayaz

2015

Journal of Transport Geography

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Increasing commute distances often lead to increased auto-dependency and is a major problem in many developed as well as developing countries. While in developed countries, the propensity to commute long distances generally originates from the preference to work in the core of the city and live in the suburb or periphery, in developing countries, the trend is often quite the opposite. For example, in Bangladesh, people generally have a strong preference to live at the heart of the major cities even if they work at the peripheral areas of the city, in another city or in a rural area. Further, it is also not uncommon to maintain split-families where the earning member of the family lives near the workplace while the rest of the family is based in a big city (subject to affordability). These phenomena lead to substantial increase in Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and add burden to the transport infrastructure.The focus of the research is to explore the key factors that induce middle and upper-middle class commuters in Bangladesh to live away from their workplace and/or maintain splitfamilies. A case study is conducted using Stated Preference (SP) surveys conducted among the faculty members of two universities: one located at the periphery of the capital city and the other quite far away. Discrete Choice Models are developed using the collected data. Results reveal that albeit some differences, for both cases, the choices are strongly driven by quality of the education institutes and the house rent. Factors like gender, income and car-ownership, which traditionally play a strong role in the context of developed countries, are found to be of less significance.The models, though estimated with limited data, provide useful insights about the factors that drive residential location choices in the context of a developing country and can help in formulating policies for encouraging people to live closer to their workplaces and thereby reduce commuter VMT.

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“…Previous studies conducted in the context of the developed countries reveal that cost [ 15,16,17], dwelling quality [ 18,19,20], neighborhood attributes [ 18,19,20,21,22,24], safety, demographic factors [ 18,19,20,21,23,24,25,26], immigration background [ 27] etc. have significant impacts on the choice of residential location.…”

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Why live far? — Insights from modeling residential location choice in Bangladesh

Choudhury

Ayaz

2015

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…Males are thus expected to be more likely to travel to work than females, in particular when there are children in the household (Cassel et al, 2013;Crane, 2007;Haas and Osland, 2014;Maoh and Tang, 2012). It is possible that the tunnels offer women more freedom to work outside their home town and that gender differences will therefore diminish, in particular among mothers.…”

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“…Educational attainment has consistently been found to predict both the willingness to commute and the average distance commuted (Cassel et al, 2013;Sandow, 2008;Sandow and Westin, 2010;Öhman and Lindgren, 2003). This is in part because education is associated with occupational specialization and higher income, and higher income in turn makes commuting more economically viable (Cassel et al, 2013;Maoh and Tang, 2012;Sandow, 2008;Sandow and Westin, 2010). The educational and occupational aspirations of young women and a highly gendered labour market represent a major challenge to the sustainability of many rural communities (Dahlström, 1996;Thorsdottir and Olafsson, 2010).…”

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“…The educational and occupational aspirations of young women and a highly gendered labour market represent a major challenge to the sustainability of many rural communities (Dahlström, 1996;Thorsdottir and Olafsson, 2010). Women are nevertheless less likely to commute and on average commute shorter distances than men, in part because of greater household responsibilities (Cassel et al, 2013;Crane, 2007;Haas and Osland, 2014;Maoh and Tang, 2012).…”

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The effects of road infrastructure improvement on work travel in Northern Iceland

Bjarnason

2014

Journal of Transport Geography

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a b s t r a c tWork travel is an important alternative to out-migration in rural areas characterized by a limited range of jobs. The size of local labour markets is determined in part by geography and tradition, but advances in transportation have the potential to move people and communities closer together and transform established mindscapes. In Iceland, the dispersion of the rural population, a challenging terrain, and unpredictable weather has made road infrastructure improvements a key component in regional development strategies. A large-scale tunnel project completed in 2010 was intended to strengthen a vulnerable rural area on the northern coast and expand the urban labour market of the regional centre of Akureyri. Traffic surveys and resident surveys conducted before and after the tunnels show a substantial increase in 17-34 km work travel between rural communities. Work travel 61-77 km to and from the regional centre did however not increase. The average length of work travel has shortened but the increase in commuting yielded a net increase in total km commuted. The tunnels increased work travel irrespective of age and education, but increased work travel by women with children in the household in particular. The results suggest that large-scale road infrastructure improvements may substantially strengthen rural labour markets within a driving distance of 15-30 min, but may not extend the edge of micropolitan labour markets 45-60 min from an urban centre of less than 20 thousand inhabitants.

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Spatial influence of regional centres of Slovakia: analysis based on the distance-decay function

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Klapka

2015

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Willingness to commute long distance among job seekers in Dalarna, Sweden

Cited by 40 publications

References 21 publications

Why live far? — Insights from modeling residential location choice in Bangladesh

Why live far? — Insights from modeling residential location choice in Bangladesh

The effects of road infrastructure improvement on work travel in Northern Iceland

Spatial influence of regional centres of Slovakia: analysis based on the distance-decay function

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