Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in access to jobs in relation to transport connectivity. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 14 million working age people are added to the labor market every year. Ensuring sustained access to jobs seems t...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/268761565097838744/Job-Accessibility-and-Urban-Transport-Connectivity-Evidence-from-Antananarivo-Madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32211 |
| Summary: | In recent years, there has been renewed
interest in access to jobs in relation to transport
connectivity. In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 14 million
working age people are added to the labor market every year.
Ensuring sustained access to jobs seems to be a prerequisite
for inclusive and robust economic growth. The paper examines
the impact of public transit connectivity on access to jobs,
especially focusing on wages. Using data from Antananarivo,
Madagascar, it is shown that the wages earned by commuters
are systematically higher than the wages earned by those who
decided not to commute and are self-employed or engaged with
family businesses around their neighborhood. Proximity to
public transport, especially taxi-be, is important to
promote people's access to jobs. It is also found that
there is a substantial gender inequality in wages in the
country: Women are more likely to use buses to commute, and
yet, they earn less than men. In addition, the poor tend to
benefit less from public transportation. Public bus services
are affordable, however, the quality of the services may
remain low. |
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