This paper takes a new look, both theoreti-cal and empirical, at the general question of what
determines the pattern of urban work-ers' commuting journeys and at the specific question of
how women workers' commuting journeys differ from those of men. Commuting journey
length for urban workers has proved difficult to model be-cause it stands at the intersection
of urban and labor economic theories concerning the spatial location patterns of jobs and
housing. Urban economists view workers as having fixed job locations at the center of the …

This paper takes a new look, both theoretical and empirical, at the general question of what
determines the pattern of urban workers' commuting journeys and at the specific question of
how women workers' commuting journeys differ from those of men. Commuting journey
length for urban workers has proved difficult to model because it stands at the intersection of
urban and labor economic theories concerning the spatial location patterns of jobs and
housing. Urban economists view workers as having fixed job locations at the center of the …