Worker Mobility and Urban Policy in Latin America - Policy Interactions and Urban Outcomes in Mexico City

This book argues that urban outcomes are better understood as the result of the interactions between policies from distinct policy domains rather than from any single policy silo. In doing so, the Policy Interactions Framework is developed and applied to the study of the mobility experience of workers in Greater Mexico City.

List of contents

1. Introduction. The Policy Interactions Framework. 3. Diverging mobility situations of workers in Greater Mexico City. 4. Shifts in the spatial location of the demand for labor, 1999-2019. 5. Housing pathways and the mobility experience of workers. 6. The spatial distribution of public and common mobility resources. 7. Conclusion: Policy Interactions and the Choiceless Mobility Hypothesis. Appendix. Postscript.

About the author

David López-García is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy in the University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA.

Summary

This book argues that urban outcomes are better understood as the result of the interactions between policies from distinct policy domains rather than from any single policy silo. In doing so, the Policy Interactions Framework is developed and applied to the study of the mobility experience of workers in Greater Mexico City.

Product details

• Authors: David Lopez-Garcia, David López-García
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032199719
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219971-9
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General