Title | The changes in job-housing balance during the Covid-19 period in China |
Authors | Li, Zhenjun Zhao, Pengjun Yu, Ling Hai, Xiaodong Feng, Yongheng |
Affiliation | Smart Steps Digital Technol Co Ltd, Beijing 100032, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Shenzhen Grad Sch, Sch Urban Planning & Design, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Sch Urban & Environm Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China Minist Nat Resources China, Key Lab Earth Surface Syst & Human Earth Relat, Beijing, Peoples R China |
Issue Date | Jun-2023 |
Publisher | CITIES |
Abstract | By using three continuous years of national-scale cellphone signaling data from Jan. 2019 to Dec. 2021, this study adds fresh evidence for job-housing balance changes at the Quxian level during the COVID-19 period in China. The findings show that according to the resident-balance index and worker-balance index, the job-housing balance jumped when the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases reached its peak in February 2020, with an average of 94.4 % which is the highest level during these three years. The study also found that the Quxian-level job-housing balance has generally improved steadily in the two years of the pandemic. In addition, the results highlighted the huge gaps between females and males in the job-housing balance, but the gender disparities in job-housing balance were reduced to a minimum during the pandemic lockdown. In addition, by comparison analysis of the changes in resident-balance index and worker-balance index during this unprecedented crisis, this study found that for Quxians with high economic vitality, worker-balance index increased greater than resident -balance index, but for Quxians with low economic vitality, the reverse happened. Our findings provide a better understanding of the job-housing relationship during public health crises that can support the urban manage-ment in the future policymaking. |
URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/675062 |
ISSN | 0264-2751 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104313 |
Indexed | SSCI |
Appears in Collections: | 深圳研究生院待认领 城市与环境学院 |