IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Shedding light on truck driver supply and demand: Heterogeneous state-level recovery of trucking employment following the COVID-19 employment shock' in: Transportation Journal, 2025, 65 (1), e12038

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16241

Feelings in Travel Episodes and Extreme Temperatures

Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16189

How Do Airlines Cut Fuel Usage, Reducing Their Carbon Emissions?

Jan K. Brueckner, Matthew E. Kahn, Jerry Nickelsburg

published in: Economics of Transportation, 2024, 38, 100358

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16183

Driving, Dropouts, and Drive-Throughs: Mobility Restrictions and Teen Human Capital

Valerie Bostwick, Christopher Severen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16049

On the Road to Equity: Examining Income-Related Inequalities in Ownership of Safer Vehicles

Vincenzo Carrieri, Apostolos Davillas, Victor Hugo de Oliveira

published as 'On the road to equity: examining income-related inequalities in ownership of safer cars' in: Oxford Open Economics, 2024, 3, odae002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16036

Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effects of Time Lost on Food Store Choice

Panka Bencsik, Lester Lusher, Rebecca L.C. Taylor

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, 103737

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15677

AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers

Kyogo Kanazawa, Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15661

Weather Conditions and Daily Commuting

Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2025, 65, 818-842

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15572

Active Commuting and the Health of Workers

Lucía Echeverría, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Journal of Transport & Health, 2023, 31, 101626

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15416

The Effect of Diesel Tax Rates on the Daily Commuting of US Workers: An Effective Instrument to Promote Sustainable Mobility?

Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15332

Commuting to Work and Gender-Conforming Social Norms: Evidence from Same-Sex Couples

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102451

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15276

Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes

Marco Francesconi, Jonathan James

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41 (4), 1118 - 1156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15269

Dual Circulation and Population Mobility during the Pandemic in China

Wang-Sheng Lee, Trang My Tran, Lamont Bo Yu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15212

Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella, Mirco Tonin

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 329, 116011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14957

Do Economic Incentives Promote Physical Activity? Evidence from the London Congestion Charge

Ryota Nakamura, Andrea Albanese, Emma Coombes, Marc Suhrcke

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2024, 187 (2), 305–320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14932

Spatial and Time Spillovers of Driving Restrictions: Causal Evidence from Lima's Pico Y Placa Policy

Edgar Salgado, Oscar A. Mitnik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14900

Green Infrastructure and Air Pollution: Evidence from Highways Connecting Two Megacities in China

Bo Yu, Trang Tran, Wang-Sheng Lee

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 122, 102884

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14818

Bike-Sharing: Network Efficiency and Demand Profiles

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Carlos Gracia-Lazaro, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Increasing the use of public bicycles: efficiency and demand' in: Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022, 76, 745-754

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14736

Carpooling: User Profiles and Well-being

Lucía Echeverría, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14577

Who Uses Green Mobility? Exploring Profiles in Developed Countries

Lucía Echeverría, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022, 163, 247 - 265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14571

Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

revised version published as 'Transportation to work by sexual orientation' in: PLoS ONE , 2022, 17(2), e0263687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14522

Measuring Performance: Ranking State Success over Two Decades in India

Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Arka Roy Chaudhuri, Saattvic

published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, 83, 101550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14490

Older Adult Health Following Greater Access to Secondary Health Care: Evidence from Bus Service Introductions to Arab Towns in Israel

Aamer Abu-Qarn, Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot

published as 'Can greater access to secondary health care decrease health inequality? Evidence from bus line introduction to Arab towns in Israel' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 106, 105695

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14430

Green Mobility and Well-Being

Lucía Echeverría, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Ecological Economics, 2022, 195, 107368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14235

Two-Way Commuting: Asymmetries from Time Use Surveys

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Journal of Transport Geography, 2021, 95, 103146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14179

The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders

Peter Christensen, Adam Osman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13976

An Extra Hour Wasted? Bar Closing Hours and Traffic Accidents in Norway

Colin P. Green, Lana Krehic

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (8), 1752 - 1769

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13949

Elderly's Mobility to and from Work in the US: Metropolitan Status and Population Size

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13213

Commuting Time and the Gender Gap in Labor Market Participation

Lídia Farré, Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Juan Torrecillas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12916

Trends in Commuting Time of European Workers: A Cross-Country Analysis

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Transport Policy, 2022, 116, 327 - 342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12863

Speed Limit Enforcement and Road Safety

Stefan Bauernschuster, Ramona Rekers

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 201, 104663

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12693

Stay or Flee? Probability versus Severity of Punishment in Hit-And-Run Accidents

Stefano Castriota, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment' in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 55, 117 - 144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12578

Working from Home and Commuting: Heterogeneity over Time, Space, and Occupations

Duco de Vos, Maarten van Ham, Evert J. Meijers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12377

Green Commuting and Gasoline Taxes in the United States

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Energy Policy, 2019, 132, 324-331

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12020

Connecting to Economic Opportunity? The Role of Public Transport in Promoting Women's Employment in Lima

Daniel Martinez, Oscar A. Mitnik, Edgar Salgado, Lynn Scholl, Patricia Yanez-Pagans

revised version published in: Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2020, 3, 1-23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12019

A Rapid Road to Employment? The Impacts of a Bus Rapid Transit System in Lima

Lynn Scholl, Daniel Martinez, Oscar A. Mitnik, Daniel Oviedo, Patricia Yanez-Pagans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12018

Bright Investments: Measuring the Impact of Transport Infrastructure Using Luminosity Data in Haiti

Oscar A. Mitnik, Raul Sanchez, Patricia Yanez-Pagans

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11813

Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken? An Empirical Analysis Using Nationally Representative Data

Stephen V. Burks, Kristen Monaco

shorter version published as 'Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken?' in: Monthly Labor Review, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11812

Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Lessons Learned

Patricia Yanez-Pagans, Daniel Martinez, Oscar A. Mitnik, Lynn Scholl, Antonia Vazquez

revised version published in: Latin American Economic Review, 2019, 28, 5 (2019)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11772

Mergers and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures

Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11720

When the Market Drives You Crazy: Stock Market Returns and Fatal Car Accidents

Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11700

Commuting Time and Sick-Day Absence of US Workers

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Empirica, 2022, 49, 691 - 719

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11183

Commuting and Sickness Absence

Laszlo Goerke, Olga Lorenz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10989

The Accident Externality from Trucking

Lucija Muehlenbachs, Stefan Staubli, Ziyan Chu

revised version published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021, 88, 10363

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10875

Working from Home and the Willingness to Accept a Longer Commute

Duco de Vos, Evert J. Meijers, Maarten van Ham

published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2018, 61, 375 - 398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10707

Speeding, Punishment, and Recidivism: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Markus Gehrsitz

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2017, 30(3), 497-528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10142

How Do Users Value a Network Expansion? Evidence from the Public Transit System in Singapore

Eric Fesselmeyer, Haoming Liu

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 71, 45 - 61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9933

Commuting Time and Sex Ratios in the US

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9900

US Child Safety Seat Laws: Are they Effective, and Who Complies?

Lauren E. Jones, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36 (3), 584–607

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9897

Did Cheaper Flights Change the Direction of Science?

Christian Catalini, Christian Fons-Rosen, Patrick Gaule

published as 'How Do Travel Costs Shape Collaboration?' in: Management Science, 2020, 66 (2), 3340-3360

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9720

Spatial Distribution of US Employment in an Urban Wage-Efficiency Setting

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2018, 58, 141-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9634

A Wage-Efficiency Spatial Model for US Self-Employed Workers

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9503

Predicting Road Conditions with Internet Search

Nikos Askitas

published in: PLoS ONE, 2016, 11 (8), e0162080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9425

Excess Commuting in the US: Differences between the Self-Employed and Employees

José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla

published as "The commuting behavior of workers in the United States: differences between the employed and the self-employed" in: Journal of Transport Geography, 2018, 66, 19-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9423

Bobos in Paradise: Urban Politics and the New Economy

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Economics, 2018, 12 (1), 20180056

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9375

Intra-Household Commuting Choices and Local Labour Markets

Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (3), 734-757

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9031

Does Commuting Affect Health?

Annemarie Künn-Nelen

published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25(8), 984-1004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8865

Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies

Simon Commander, Zlatko Nikoloski, Maria Vagliasindi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8593

The Impact of the German Autobahn Net on Regional Labor Market Performance: A Study Using Historical Instrument Variables

Joachim Möller, Marcus Zierer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8382

Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity

Coen Teulings, Ioulia V. Ossokina, Henri L.F. de Groot

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8180

Keep Your Clunker in the Suburb: Low Emission Zones and Adoption of Green Vehicles

Hendrik Wolff

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124(578), F481–F512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8042

Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India

Michael Grimm, Carole Treibich

published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, 88, 318-336.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6994

New Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-Experiment

Chris Rohlfs, Ryan Sullivan, Thomas J. Kniesner

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7(1), 331-354

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6788

Value of Time: Speeding Behavior and Gasoline Prices

Hendrik Wolff

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2014, 67(1), 71-88.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6408

Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers

Jon E. Anderson, Manjari Govada, Tricia K. Steffen, Chris P. Thorne, Vasileia Varvarigou, Stefanos N. Kales, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published as 'Obesity is associated with the future risk of heavy truck crashes among newly recruited commercial drivers,' in: Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2012, 49, 378-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5854

Time to Vote?

John Gibson, Bonggeun Kim, Steven Stillman, Geua Boe-Gibson

published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3), 517-536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4798

Labour Supply and Commuting

Eva Gutiérrez-i-Puigarnau, Jos van Ommeren

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 68 (1), 82-89

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2452

The Babeldaob Road: The Impact of Road Construction on Rural Labor Force Outcomes in the Republic of Palau

Randall K. Q. Akee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1911