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Where Do The Poor Live In Cities? Revisiting The Role Of Public Transportation On Income Sorting In Us Urban Areas, Erik Nelson
Where Do The Poor Live In Cities? Revisiting The Role Of Public Transportation On Income Sorting In Us Urban Areas, Erik Nelson
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Glaeser et al. (2008) argue that the relative distribution of poor and rich households (HHs) in American cities is "strongly" explained by the spatial location of the cities' public transportation (PT) networks. Among their claims: 1) The broad distribution of poor and rich HHs in the typical American city is consistent with a basic monocentric city model that includes commute technology speeds; 2) Poor commuters will overwhelmingly transition from commuting by PT to car if they experience a substantial increase in their HH’s income; 3) areas in American cities that receive new PT infrastructure become poorer over time. Using 2017 …