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Elderly's mobility to and from work in the US: metropolitan status and population size
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020
This paper explores the mobility patterns of elder workers in the United States, with a focus on mobility to and from work (e.g., commuting) across metropolitan areas and metropolitan population sizes. Using detailed time diaries from the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003-2018,...
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Trends in Commuting Time of European Workers : A Cross-Country Analysis
Giménez, José Ignacio - 2020
This paper examines the time spent commuting to/from work by workers in fifteen European countries, during the last three decades, with the aim of analyzing recent trends in commuting and the factors affecting commuting behavior in those countries. Using data from several waves of the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843155
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Excess commuting in the US : differences between the self-employed and employees
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2015
differences between the self-employed and employees in the US. In a theoretical framework where self-employed workers minimize … their commuting time, employees do not minimize their commuting time because they lack full information, and thus the … difference between the time devoted to commuting by self-employed workers and employees is modeled as wasteful commuting (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348299
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Does transport behavior influence preferences for electromobility? : an analysis based on person- and alternative-specific error components
Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco - 2015
The interconnection among different choices by the same decision-maker is fairly well established in the literature. Along this line, this paper aims to identify how preferences for electromobility are affected by mode choices for regular trips. With this purpose in mind, a framework based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392243
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Intensity and the importance of country level differences : an analysis of the relationship between per capita emissions and population density
Longden, Thomas - 2015
Previous studies have found an inverse (or negative) correlation between urban population density and per capita emissions from land transport. In contrast, this paper finds a positive relationship between per capita CO2 emissions from transport and population density using a dataset of over 200...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526392
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Facilitating India-Pakistan trade through the land route
Taneja, Nisha; Dayal, Isha; Bimal, Samridhi - 2016
Improvements in the land route between India and Pakistan can help lower transaction costs which can play in important role in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Connecting India and Pakistan by the land route offers gains not only to the two countries but would spread over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471373
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The impact of distance in seaborne trade : an analysis of bilateral container transport flows
Biermann, Franziska - 2012
A significant part of world trade volume is transported by container ship today. Growing world trade will enforce containerization, since standardized shipment reduces transport costs. The research aim of this paper is to identify the impact of variables used in merchandise trade flow models,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680612
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Assessing the impact of the latest deregulatory developments in the EU28 transport industry production : a critical review based on empirical data
Koliousis, Ioannis - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 66 (2016) 1/2, pp. 3-21
The European Transport Industry has been heavily deregulated during the past 30 years, through initiatives that increase competition among incumbents primarily by reducing the entry restrictions and by opening the market(s) for non-state owned companies. This paper discusses the impact the...
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Cultural Constraints on High-Speed Rail in the US : Is American Exceptionalism an Explanation?
Chen, Zhenhua - 2013
The development of high speed rail infrastructures in the US faces a great challenge given the concern of economic viability and political complexity. However, a deeper investigation reveals that most of these concerns and complexity issues can be explained from a cultural perspective, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084259
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Funding Urban Mass Transit in the United States
Gordon, Michael - 2013
As urbanized areas have grown across the United States, roads have quickly developed with them. Yet many cities have developed this infrastructure at the cost of failing to adequately fund urban mass transit, in spite of the important services it provides for the poor, commuters, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091566