A Rapid Road to Employment? The Impacts of a Bus Rapid Transit System in Lima

L. Scholl, Daniel F. Martinez, Oscar A. Mitnik, Daniel Oviedo, Patricia Yañez-Pagans
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Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job opportunities, potentially leading to increased rates of employment, access to higher quality (or formal) jobs, and increased labor hours and earnings. This paper assesses the effects of the Metropolitano, the BRT system in Lima (Peru), on individual-level job market outcomes. We rely on a difference-in-differences empirical strategy, based on comparing individuals who live close to the BRT system with a comparison group that lives farther from the system, before and after the system started to operate. We find large impacts on employment, hours worked and labor earnings for those individuals close to the BRT stations, but not for those who live close to the feeder lines. Despite the potential to connect poor populations, we find no evidence of impacts for populations living in lower income areas.
快速就业之路?利马快速公交系统的影响
尽管全球对快速公交系统(BRT)的兴趣日益浓厚,但其对劳动力市场结果的因果影响仍未得到探讨。对于那些居住在BRT车站附近或支线附近的人来说,减少出行时间可能会增加获得更多工作机会的机会,从而有可能提高就业率,获得更高质量(或正式)的工作,并增加劳动时间和收入。本文评估了秘鲁利马的快速公交系统Metropolitano对个人层面就业市场结果的影响。我们依靠的是差异中之差的经验策略,基于比较住在BRT系统附近的个人和住在离系统较远的对照组,在系统开始运行之前和之后。我们发现,靠近BRT站点的个人对就业、工作时间和劳动收入的影响很大,但对那些住在支线附近的人没有影响。尽管有可能将贫困人口联系起来,但我们没有发现对低收入地区人口产生影响的证据。
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