The impact of public transport expansions on informality: The case of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region

Ana I. Moreno-Monroy and Frederico Roman Ramos

Research in Transportation Economics, 2021, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: We estimate the impact of public transport system expansions on local informality rates for the São Paulo Metropolitan Region between 2000 and 2010. To do so, we compare the average changes in informality in areas which received new public transport infrastructure with the average changes in areas which were supposed to receive infrastructure according to official plans, but did not because of delays. After controlling for endogenous selection, we find that, on average, informality rates decreased more in areas receiving new public transport infrastructure compared to areas that faced project delays.

Keywords: Informality; Public transport; Commuting; Accessibility; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 O14 O17 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0739885920301268
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:88:y:2021:i:c:s0739885920301268

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/supportfaq.cws_home/regional
https://shop.elsevie ... _01_ooc_2&version=01

DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100928

Access Statistics for this article

Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner

More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().