The inter-connectedness of workers’ residential locations and job opportunities is a key determinant of labor market outcomes. This study provides an analysis of the spatial distributions of job accessibility, housing rents, and poverty in a large African city. In Nairobi, Kenya, workers and jobs are not well connected: On average, residents can access fewer than 10 percent of existing jobs by foot within an hour. Even using a minibus, they can reach only about a quarter of jobs. This study further demonstrates that poorer households and residents living in informal settlements are even more limited. Living closer to job opportunities is costly in Nairobi. Not only are housing quality and living conditions frequently better in such areas, but the high value placed on job accessibility also makes these areas more expensive. This severely affects the residential location choices of low-income households.

工人居住地点和工作机会之间的相互联系是决定劳动力市场结果的关键因素。这项研究分析了非洲大城市的工作可及性，房屋租金和贫困的空间分布。在肯尼亚的内罗毕，工人和工作没有很好的联系：平均而言，居民在一小时内步行不到现有工作的10％。即使使用小巴，他们也只能完成约四分之一的工作。这项研究进一步表明，生活在非正式定居点中的贫困家庭和居民受到的限制更大。在内罗毕，靠近工作机会的生活成本很高。这些地区不仅住房质量和生活条件通常会更好，而且获得工作机会的高价值也使这些地区更加昂贵。