Workers wanted: Changing employee accessibility with industrial development ─ Evidence from Foxconn
In response to the trends of manufacturing revitalization and workforce shortage in the U.S., this study investigates how Foxconn changes accessibility to industrial employees by automobile and by transit in Southeast Wisconsin. Results suggest that there is a mismatch between the Foxconn site and the areas with high accessibility to industrial employees. With a great demand for labor, Foxconn reduces employee accessibility by automobile throughout the region, while its impact on employee accessibility by transit is more localized. The results inform industrial firm locations, workforce housing development, and transportation service provisions. The analysis framework shifts the angle of accessibility research to focusing on the perspective of employers, and it can be applied to investigate future large-scale economic development projects.
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- © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Sun, Sai
- Hu, Lingqian
- Publication Date: 2020-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 102264
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
- Volume: 80
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1361-9209
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Automobiles; Competition; Demand; Economic development; Employees; Manufacturing; Public transit; Urban renewal; Workforce
- Geographic Terms: Wisconsin
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01737939
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 27 2020 9:08AM