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Title: Containment And Mismatch: Gender Difference in Commuting in Metropolitan Labor Markets

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 1998

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DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.19.5.395

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Abstract: The spatial containment of women relative to men remains a prominent theme in research on women's employment in American cities. Drawing on a dataset for all metropolitan areas in the United States in 1990, this research analyzes the contextual variability of containment effects and the link between localized commutes and the incidence of occupational sex segregation. Women's more localized commutes persist across most of the urban system, with particularly wide differentials in suburban labor markets in proximity to national service and finance centers. Treatment effects models confirm that differences in the extent of local labor markets among women reinforce occupational sex segregation, but the effect varies by mode of travel. Working close to home slightly increases the likelihood of segregation for women with access to private automobiles, suggestive of spatial containment. Among women reliant on bus transportation, spatial mismatch is so severe that even poorly paid secondary jobs require long comm...

Url: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2747/0272-3638.19.5.395

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Authors: Wyly, Elvin K.

Periodical (Full): Urban Geography

Issue: 5

Volume: 19

Pages: 395-430

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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