Rubens Lopes Pereira da Silva , Raul da Mota Silveira Neto , Diego Firmino Costa da Silva
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Roads to opportunities? The effect of highways on intercity commuting in Brazil
We examine how access to a highway impacts the growth of daily commuting between cities in Brazil. Using data from the Demographic Census and applying an instrumental variable strategy, we discovered a significant and positive causal relationship between proximity to highways and growth in daily commuting to another municipality for work. Our findings indicate that improved highway access leads to a 64.2% rise in intercity outgoing commuting growth between 2000 and 2010. This effect is observed solely among men and individuals with primary and secondary education levels. Our research supports the notion that better transportation infrastructure can expand job opportunities by providing workers with access to a wider labor market.
期刊介绍:
Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.