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Author: Ihlanfeldt, Keith R.
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1. Holzer, Harry J.
Ihlanfeldt, Keith R.
Sjoquist, David L.
Work, Search, and Travel Among White and Black Youth
Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1993
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Commuting/Type, Time, Method; Job Search; Transportation; Unemployment Duration

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In this paper we investigate the relationships between job search, commutes to work, and metropolitan decentralization of employment among young whites and blacks. This is accomplished by using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, along with data on job and population decentralization in metropolitan areas from the 1980 Census of Population. Our results show that blacks and central-city residents face higher time costs of travel than do others, at least partly because of their lower access to automobiles. We also find that central-city residents in metropolitan areas where jobs are more decentralized do not offset the loss of jobs in their areas with more geographically extensive job search or longer commutes to work, even after controlling for travel cost per mile. High travel costs and reduced travel distances appear to raise unemployment durations and lower wages for blacks. On the other hand, the estimated magnitudes of most of these relationships are not large, implying that high travel cost is but one of many causes of persistent spatial mismatch.
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Holzer, Harry J., Keith R. Ihlanfeldt and David L. Sjoquist. "Work, Search, and Travel Among White and Black Youth." Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1993.