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42 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18103
Who Gains from Agglomeration? The Wage, Productivity, and Cost Effects of Transport Improvements on Firms and Workers
Krista Riukula, Touko Väänänen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18050
Soccer’s Record on the Road: The Effect of Late-Night Sporting Events on Fatal Car Crashes
James Flynn, Noah Meyers-Richter, Peter Nencka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17627
Bring Out the Bulls: Employment Dynamics of Trucking Firms During Highly Expansive Market Conditions
Jason W. Miller, Jonathan Phares, Stephen V. Burks
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17413
Teleworking and Travel Purposes: UK Evidence after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ignacio Belloc, José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16821
Alternative Models of Preference Heterogeneity for Elicited Choice Probabilities
Nathan Kettlewell, Matthew J. Walker, Hong Il Yoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16618
The Effects of Commuting and Working from Home Arrangements on Mental Health
Ferdi Botha, Jan Kabátek, Jordy Meekes, Roger Wilkins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16279
Pro-environment Attitudes and Worker Commuting Behavior
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published in: Economiy Analysis and Policy, 2025, 86, 1967-1986
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16265
State-Level Trucking Employment and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S: Understanding Heterogenous Declines and Rebounds
Jonathan Phares, Jason W. Miller, Stephen V. Burks
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13213
Commuting Time and the Gender Gap in Labor Market Participation
Lídia Farré, Jordi Jofre-Monseny, Juan Torrecillas
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 1278
Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox
Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366
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