Decomposing Residential Self-Selection via a Life-Course Perspective

Cynthia Chen; Haiyun Lin

doi:10.1068/a43571

journal article Nov 01, 2011

Decomposing Residential Self-Selection via a Life-Course Perspective

Cynthia Chen Haiyun Lin

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space Vol. 43 No. 11 pp. 2608-2625 · SAGE Publications

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Abstract

We propose a decomposition of residential self-selection by understanding the process of its formation. We take a life-course perspective and postulate that locations experienced early in life can have a lasting effect on our locational preferences later in life. In other words, what was experienced spatially is a key factor contributing to our residential self-selection, and our preferences in residential locations are formed long before the onset of our self-selection. We further hypothesize that this prior-location influence is modified by the duration and recency of the prior stay. Using a dataset collected in the New York City Area, we estimated a series of multinomial logit models to test these hypotheses. The results confirm the prior-location influence and demonstrate that this precedes residential self-selection and is impacted by its own properties such as duration and recency. Furthermore, the analysis separating child-bearing households from non-child-bearing households shows an interaction between prior-location influence and the presence of children.

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Published: Nov 01, 2011
Vol/Issue: 43(11)
Pages: 2608-2625
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Cynthia Chen

Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

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Haiyun Lin

Civil Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA

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Cynthia Chen, Haiyun Lin (2011). Decomposing Residential Self-Selection via a Life-Course Perspective. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 43(11), 2608-2625. https://doi.org/10.1068/a43571

Decomposing Residential Self-Selection via a Life-Course Perspective

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