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Transiting to Work: The Role of Private Transportation for Low‐Income Households
Author(s) -
GARASKY STEVEN,
FLETCHER CYNTHIA NEEDLES,
JENSEN HELEN H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2006.00046.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , residence , low income , work (physics) , multivariate analysis , business , demographic economics , human capital , labour economics , economics , economic growth , geography , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , archaeology
This study examines the role of reliable vehicles in facilitating employment, using a new data set, the Iowa Transportation and Employment Survey. The empirical results document significantly higher levels of transportation problems and human capital barriers among low‐income households compared to other households and among low‐income nonworking adults compared to their employed counterparts. The multivariate analysis of low‐income households shows that employment and reliable transportation are related. Respondents without access to a reliable vehicle are less likely to be employed; those employed are more likely to have access to a reliable vehicle. Residence in an area adjacent to a metropolitan area has a positive effect on working.