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Title: Analysis of employment center change in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1990–2000
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2009
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Abstract: As cities continue to grow outward, employment patterns throughout metropolitan areas will continue to change. The changing patterns often lead to a polycentric employment structure. One of the most commonly studied metropolitan areas with regard to employment patterns is Chicago, Illinois. This study uses employment centers defined by Forstall and Greene using the employment to residence ratio for the years 1990 and 2000. The employment centers are analyzed to determine what characteristics might lead them to increase or decrease in jobs over the study period. The study uses a combination of spatial analysis and a regression model to study the eighteen variables. With the dependent variable being change in jobs from 1990 to 2000, the eighteen independent variables include accessibility indices, educational attainment data, industrial composition data and other miscellaneous characteristics of the employment centers. Maps and a summary table of the regression results are included in the study to give the reader a better understanding of the steps required to prepare the data for analysis. Results from this study provide a strong base of understanding as to what might be causing some employment centers in the Chicago Metropolitan Area to increase in size while others decrease.
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Authors: Roberts, Gregory Allan
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Department: Geography
Advisor: Dr. Richard Greene
Degree: Masters of Science
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: United States