This paper explores residential and job location patterns and commuting behavior in a
monocentric urban model with decentralized employment. We show that, in some cases,
identical households choose different residential rings depending on their workers' job
locations. This means that high-income households whose workers work near the central
business district (CBD) may choose residential locations near the CBD rather than in the
suburbs if their workers have CBD job locations. In this case there will be a nonmonotonic …