Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an   institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.06.011

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	Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing
	Zhao, Pengjun ; Lu, Bin
刊名	journal of transport geography
	2010
关键词	Job accessibility Commuting time Institutionalist approach Housing reform Beijing URBAN CHINA LAND-USE TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY COMMUTING PATTERNS SPATIAL STRUCTURE LABOR-MARKET GUANGZHOU REFORM MIGRATION HOMEOWNERSHIP
DOI	10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.06.011
英文摘要	There is a strong need to explore the determinants of worker's commuting time as the declines in job accessibility associated with the dramatic growth of commuting time have become a serious negative effect on the quality of urban life in megacities of China. Most well-developed theories exploring change in commuting time are based on neo-classical economic theory. This paper argues however that in the case of China institutional factors of the housing provision system and labour mobility management have been more important. The paper conceptualizes an institutionalist approach incorporating housing and controls over labour mobility and applies it to analyse these influences on workers' commuting time in Beijing. The analysis shows that the interaction of housing provision, the market system and the Hukou system together have significant impact upon individual commuting time allowing for worker's annual household income, occupation and transport mode. The findings suggest that the market-oriented housing reforms have changed the local jobs-housing balance that prevailed in pre-reform era and have thus induced growth of commuting time; the remaining the unfair treatment of residents according to their Hukou status may influence the floating worker's ability to connect housing and workplace opportunities that could reduce commuting time. With respect to future studies, the institutionalist approach seems to be an efficient means of exploring particular factors that emerge in the transformation of an economy. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.; Economics; Geography; Transportation; SSCI; 4; ARTICLE; 3; 393-401; 18
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/262474]
专题	城市与环境学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao, Pengjun,Lu, Bin. Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing[J]. journal of transport geography,2010.
APA	Zhao, Pengjun,&Lu, Bin.(2010).Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing.journal of transport geography.
MLA	Zhao, Pengjun,et al."Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing".journal of transport geography (2010).