The effect of transportation costs on elderly labor market participation

IF 1.8 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112524

Matheus Oliveira de Alencar , Thais Waideman Niquito , Lívia Madeira Triaca , Felipe Garcia Ribeiro

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of the repeal of free public transportation on elderly labor market participation. The research leverages a natural experiment from the termination of free transportation for individuals aged 60 to 64 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, using microdata from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNADC) and the Difference-in-Differences (DiD) method. The results indicate that the repeal of free transportation reduced the labor supply of this age group. Dynamic analysis and falsification tests confirm the robustness of the findings. The study concludes that transportation costs play a crucial role in the elderly labor market participation.

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交通成本对老年劳动力市场参与的影响

本研究探讨免费公共交通废止对老年劳动力市场参与的影响。该研究利用了巴西阿雷格里港60至64岁个人免费交通终止的自然实验，使用了连续全国家庭抽样调查（PNADC）和差异中差（DiD）方法的微观数据。结果表明，免费交通的废除减少了这一年龄组的劳动力供给。动态分析和证伪检验证实了研究结果的稳健性。该研究得出的结论是，交通成本在老年人参与劳动力市场方面起着至关重要的作用。

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Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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