THE VALUE OF NON-WORKING TIME: A NOTE ON SOME WALFARE PROBLEMS

THIS NOTE ATTEMPTS TO: (1) SET OUT ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST USING DIFFERENTIATED VALUES FOR ASSESSING NOT- WORKING TIME, E.G. AFFLUENT GROUPS ARE PREPARED TO PAY MORE THAN LESS AFFLUENT GROUPS FOR A QUICK MODE OF TRANSPORT, AND (2) DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN DERIVING VALUES FOR BOTH ALTERNATIVES. SEE ALSO IRRD ABSTRACT NO 203623.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of The Environment /UK

  /Highway Economics Unit
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1969-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Present value; Socioeconomic factors; Time; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Value
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228509
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R & D Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1974 12:00AM