TRANSPORTATION AS A STIMULUS OF WELFARE-TO-WORK: PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC MOBILITY

Using data on welfare recipients in Alameda County, California, this paper examines the importance of transportation policy variables in explaining the ability of some individuals to find gainful employment. A multinomial logit model predicts the probability that someone found a job as a function of car ownership, transit service quality, regional job accessibility by different transport modes, human-capital factors, and various control variables. Results show car ownership and educational attainment greatly increased the odds that an individual switched from welfare to work, while transit service quality variables were largely insignificant. Nor was regional accessibility key in explaining employment outcomes, a finding that casts doubt on the spatial mismatch hypothesis. Concentration of housing near bus or rail routes appeared most important in stimulating employment. However, improved automobility had far stronger effects on employment outcomes than improvements in transit mobility.

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• Authors:
  • Cervaro, R
  • Sandoval, O
  • Landis, J
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-63
• Serial:
  • Journal of Planning Education and Research
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0739-456X
  • EISSN: 1552-6577
  • Serial URL: http://jpe.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Employment; Logits; Mobility; Multinomials; Transportation policy; Travel behavior; Travel modes; Welfare economics
• Geographic Terms: Alameda County (California)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941012
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 5 2003 12:00AM