Distance to work in Beijing: Institutional reform and bargaining power

Lanlan Wang and Ping Qin
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Lanlan Wang: Central University of Finance and Economics, China
Ping Qin: School of Economics, Renmin University of China, China

Urban Studies, 2017, vol. 54, issue 6, 1385-1406

Abstract: In this study, we use a large sample from the Beijing Household Travel Survey to build husband-wife dyads, construct variables to measure bargaining power between spouses and place intra-household travel arrangements within a broader institutional framework to analyse relationships between institutions, bargaining power and travel patterns of married men and women. The empirical results reveal that bargaining power does matter in determining intra-household commute arrangements. The overarching institutional framework meanwhile sets boundaries for bargaining, and defines which resources are effective bargaining chips for individuals.

Keywords: bargaining power; Beijing; distance to work; gender; institutional reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098015620358

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