EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES . PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1989 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, CALGARY, ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 17-21, 1989

This paper presents highlights of various methods used to estimate the employment created by highway expenditures and discusses whether employment-creation is a sufficient rationale for additional spending on highways. The main conclusions are as follows: 1) the estimates of employment created by highway expenditures vary widely and are inconsistent from year to year, 2) input-output analysis is the most common method used to estimated the employment created by highway expenditures, 3) comprehensive econometric models of the Canadian economy are available for examining the broad range of economic impacts of highway expenditures, and these are preferable to the input-output model since they are dynamic and account for the source of financing, 4) there is sufficient evidence that good highways contribute to the economic well-being and competitiveness of an industrialized economy, and it is this contribution as a whole which should be the main economic rationale for additional highway expenditures, not just short-term job creation, and 5) a need exists for better education in economics for transportation engineers and for collaborative work between engineers and economists in areas such as the economic impacts of highways and other transportation services. (Author/TRRL )

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• Authors:
  • HASSAN, M U
  • Hossack, M A
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. A27-A55
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  • Publication of: Transportation Research Forum
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1052-7524

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Econometric models; Education; Employment; Engineers; Expenditures
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 255: Economics; 9112: Impact study; 227: Investment; 1053: Road network
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00619704
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• ISBN: 1-895102-10-3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1992 12:00AM