The Persistence of Spatial Mismatch: The Determinants of Moving Decision Among Low-Income Households

........................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1: Introduction............................................................................................. 1 Background............................................................................................. 1 Statement of the Problem............................................................................. 3 Contributions of the Dissertation.................................................................... 7 Overview of the Chapters............................................................................. 8 CHAPTER 2: Literature Review..................................................................... 10 Barriers.................................................................................................. 11 Risky Moving.......................................................................................... 17 Job Search.............................................................................................. 21 Social Capital........................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 3: Theoretical Model.................................................................... 31 Summary of Related Model.......................................................................... 31 Basic Model Structure ................................................................................ 33 Reservation Wages.................................................................................... 39 Search Effort........................................................................................... 41 Comparative Statics................................................................................... 42 CHAPTER 4: Data and Methodology.............................................................. 48 Dependent Variables................................................................................. 49 Independent Variables............................................................................... 51 Empirical Model...................................................................................... 58 CHAPTER 5: Empirical Results.................................................................... 64 Social Capital – Probability of Moving ........................................................... 64 Social Capital vs. Probability of Moving with a Proxy for Job Location..................... 69 Fixed Effect Estimation.............................................................................. 69 Event History Analysis............................................................................... 71 CHAPTER 6: Conclusion............................................................................ 92 Primary Findings....................................................................................... 95 REFERENCES......................................................................................... 98 VITA.................................................................................................... 109