9. OWNER-OPERATOR TRUCK DRIVER EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT: PORT CITIES AND DEREGULATION
This chapter tests the hypothesis that ocean transportation deregulation presents owner-operators with greater job opportunities and the opportunity to increase earnings at port cities. The pre- and post-deregulation earnings estimates of owner-operator drivers in the fifty busiest port-cities are compared to estimates for other owner-operators. Earnings findings indicate a statistically significant increase in the relative earnings for port-city owner-operators following deregulation. Employment findings reveal that compared to the pre-deregulation period, a greater share of owner-operator drivers are employed at port cities in the shipping post-deregulation period.
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2004
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Authors: | Peoples, James ; Talley, Wayne K |
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Research in Transportation Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0739-8859. - Vol. 10.2004, 1, p. 191-213
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Elsevier |
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