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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okr-10986-322112022-09-20T00:15:19Z Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar Iimi, Atsushi URBAN TRANSPORT ACCESS TO JOB ENDOGENOUS TREATMENT EFFECTS MODEL PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 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. 2019-08-07T21:00:09Z 2019-08-07T21:00:09Z 2019-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/268761565097838744/Job-Accessibility-and-Urban-Transport-Connectivity-Evidence-from-Antananarivo-Madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32211 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8959 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Madagascar |
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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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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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Job Accessibility and Urban Transport Connectivity : Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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job accessibility and urban transport connectivity : evidence from antananarivo, madagascar |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/268761565097838744/Job-Accessibility-and-Urban-Transport-Connectivity-Evidence-from-Antananarivo-Madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32211 |
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