TY  - JOUR
A1  - Borck, Rainald
A1  - Wrede, Matthias
T1  - Spatial and social mobility
T2  - Journal of Regional Science
N2  - This paper analyzes the relationship between spatial mobility and social mobility. It develops a two-skill-type spatial equilibrium model of two regions with location preferences where each region consists of an urban area that is home to workplaces and residences and an exclusively residential suburban area. The paper demonstrates that relative regional social mobility is negatively correlated with segregation and inequality. In the model, segregation, income inequality, and social mobility are driven by differences between urban and residential areas in commuting cost differences between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and also by the magnitude of taste heterogeneity.
KW  - inequality
KW  - segregation
KW  - social mobility
KW  - spatial mobility
Y1  - 2018
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52106
SN  - 0022-4146
SN  - 1467-9787
VL  - 58
IS  - 4
SP  - 688
EP  - 704
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -