This paper studies the dynamics of human mobility during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries around the world. The main goal of the analysis is to empirically separate voluntary reductions in mobility driven by the information about the location-specific pandemic trends from...

The aim of the paper is to assess changes in mobility in public transport in Poland, as a consequence of the development of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse the problem from the country and regional (voivodeships) perspective. The data come from Google COVID19 Community Mobility Reports, the...

This paper is part of the joint project between the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission and the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs on “Review of Labour Migration Policy in Europe”. This document has been produced with the...

Abstract: Der Autor analysiert die Auswirkungen der Einkommensverteilung auf das Verkehrsverhalten in Europa. Basierend auf Ergebnissen von Europäischen Mobilitätsumfragen wird die Bedeutung des Einkommens quantifiziert und in das Makroökonomie-, Verkehrs- und Umweltmodell ASTRA integriert....

Gravity models are extremely popular to investigate economic interactions across space. Bilateral ows are usually available as regionally aggregated data only, while information on demand and supply is often available at a finer spatial scale. We suggest using this information to calculate a...