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- Title
Urban Land Use and the Growth in Two-Earner Households.
- Authors
Madden, Janice Fanning
- Abstract
The article informs that the residential and work location choices, of two-earner households differ from those of other households. As two-earner households have higher money incomes, they are expected to consume more housing. According to analysts, these households consuming larger amounts of housing are expected to find suburban locations more attractive, ceteris paribus. Two-earner households also differ from one-earner households in their preferences for particular housing characteristics such as neighborhood and density. As both members are working, the commuting costs are "doubly" incurred and access to jobs plays a larger role in their residential location decision. According to a study conducted to analyze housing market and commuting behavior, two-earner couples tend to reside more centrally than one-earner couples, and two-earner families are more suburbanized than one-earner families. The study also suggested that unmarried individuals live closer to their jobs, purchase smaller and higher quality housing units than married persons.
- Subjects
DUAL-career families; URBAN land use; URBAN economics; FAMILY-work relationship; INCOME; HOME ownership; SUBURBS; TRANSPORTATION; HOUSING market
- Publication
American Economic Review, 1980, Vol 70, Issue 2, p191
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article