The Shape of Mobility: Measuring the Distance Decay Function of Household Mobility |
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Authors: | John R Hipp Adam Boessen |
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Institution: | 1. University of California, Irvine;2. University of Missouri–St. Louis |
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Abstract: | A well-known challenge to studies examining the distance of residential mobility patterns is that the estimates are often constrained to patterns only within a particular metro area or between metro areas. Thus, studies are unable to estimate the entire distance decay functional form. Using a unique data set on the distance of the most recent move for a large sample of households in twenty-three metropolitan areas in the United States over three waves, we flexibly estimate the distance decay function for the entire sample, as well as for a series of subpopulations based on key demographic information. |
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Keywords: | distance decay gravity model residential mobility |
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