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Title: Commuting, Gender Roles, and Entrapment: A National Study Utilizing Spatial Fixed Effects and Control Groups

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Womens earnings, employment, and commutes have generally lagged mens. Geographers emphasize the effects of womens gender roles on their spatial entrapment as limiting their job opportunities and labor market status. This research methodologically advances spatial entrapment research by utilizing a national model of commuting with spatial fixed effects to make more accurate predictions and generalizations. Second, this research found that a control group of same-sex partners allows for more direct isolation and measurement of the gender role effect on womens commutes. This research concluded that womens gender roles are negatively affecting their commuting range and, therefore, their labor market status.

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Authors: Cooke, Thomas J.; Rapino, Melanie A.

Periodical (Full): The Professional Geographer

Issue: 2

Volume: 63

Pages: 277-294

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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