01044582

Component

Equity is concerned with the spatial distribution of income and resources and is inevitably linked to concepts of fairness and social justice. This paper investigates the hypothesis that transportation improvements can generate tangible welfare economic benefits, such as wage convergence between core and periphery. Specifically, this paper aims to asses the impact of travel-time reduction on the improvement of economic equity among core and peripheral cities. The methodology applied in the study was to estimate both aggregated regression models and discrete choice models in an attempt to identify key variables affecting workplace choice decisions. Data used in the analysis was extracted from the 1995 Israel Census. The study estimates the effect of the main explanatory variables used in the model (travel time, wage differentials and employment ratio) for the specific case of southern cities in Israel. A simple example is presented to illustrate the wage convergence between poor southern towns (Greater Beer-Sheva Region) and affluent core cities (Tel-Aviv Metropolitan Area) as a function of travel time reduction.

01042056

07-0486

English

18p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (5) ; References (25) ; Tables (5)

Discrete systems; Economic analysis; Economic benefits; Economic development; Economic policy; Equity; Methodology; Public transit; Regression analysis; Travel time

Discrete choice methods

Tel Aviv (Israel)

Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-0486

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 5:04PM