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emissions through fuel substitution or transportation service demand reduction, this study estimates own- and cross …-price elasticities of various fuels used for transportation. The analysis shows, like many previous studies, that an increase in fuel … among fuels for transportation. The study also finds that price-induced changes that lead to an increase in the rate of …
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Vietnam's transport sector plays an important role in its socioeconomic development. Passenger transport helps meets daily needs and contributes significantly to tourist service development while freight transport helps meet the country's demand for delivery of raw materials and of semi-finished...
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Slovakia's transport sector has not suffered from the dramatic reductions in demand and neglect of its infrastructure that have afflicted many of its neighbors. However, current under-maintenance is eating away at the stock of transport infrastructure and is unsustainable in anything more than...
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In urban areas around the world, increasing motorization and growing travel demand make the urban transportation sector … that seek to develop and manage this transportation sector-to meet rising demand linked to economic growth and safeguard … impacts of a host of urban transportation policies used in developed and developing country settings. The paper identifies …
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return that considers all of these factors and assesses available options.The Mobility of Displaced Syrians: An Economic and … Social Analysis sheds light on the 'mobility calculus' of Syrian refugees. While dismissing any policies that imply wrongful … refugees and their mobility choices. It also explores the diversified policy toolkit that the international community has …
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Sector Policy (2009), which acknowledged that gender inequality exists in access and mobility, particularly in informal urban … independent analyses on mobility and employment in urban transport for the Kenyan capital context. Its findings are presented in … two volumes. Volume 1 presents Mobility and Volume presents Employment …
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The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak …. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of …
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What are the costs to women of harassment on public transit? This study randomizes the price of a women-reserved "safe space" in Rio de Janeiro and crowdsource information on 22,000 rides. Women in the public space experience harassment once a week. A fifth of riders are willing to forgo 20...
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This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women's outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant...
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This paper analyzes the impact of aging on capital accumulation and welfare in a country with a sizable unfunded social security system. Using a two-period overlapping generation model with endogenous retirement decisions, the paper shows that the type of aging and the type of unfunded social...
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