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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 …
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Working from home and the gender gap in earnings for self-employed US Millennials
Simon, Jessica; Way, Megan McDonald - In: Gender in management : an international journal 30 (2015) 3, pp. 206-224
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The impact of financial integration on the labor share of income : an empirical evidence from a panel dataset
Huong Le - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 63 (2020) 3, pp. 597-627
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Institutions for Asian connectivity
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2010
To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks, regional economies need to be rebalanced toward regional demand- and trade-driven growth through increased regional connectivity. The effectiveness of connectivity depends on the quality of hard and soft...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983432
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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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The long shadow of history : roman legacy and economic development - evidence from the German limes
Wahl, Fabian - 2015
This paper contributes to the understanding of the long-run consequences of Roman rule on economic development. In ancient times, the area of contemporary Germany was divided into a Roman and non-Roman part. The study uses this division to test whether the formerly Roman part of Germany show a...
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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...
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