 Why do Gender Differences in Daily Mobility Behaviours persist among workers?Nathalie Havet (), Caroline Bayart and Patrick Bonnel Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2021, vol. 145, issue C, 34-48 Abstract: Gender is commonly identified as a key explanatory factor for travel behaviour. Since women’s role in societal structure has changed in the past few decades, the question arises as to whether the “gender” factor still plays a decisive role in differences in mobility within the working population. The aim of this paper is to extend the research on gendered differences in mobility by providing an in-depth analysis of how the main determinants of daily mobility affect male and female workers differently. Unlike previous research, our econometric models included terms that express the interactions between the explanatory variables (socioeconomic variables and transport mode access) and a dichotomous gender variable, to accurately identify the marginal impact of gender on mobility indicators. Based on the Rhône-Alpes regional household travel survey (2012–2015), which includes France’s second largest urban area, the results show that even if gender differences in employment status and access to the private car are eliminated, differences in travel patterns between men and women would still be observed because the two genders do not have identical factor sensitivities. From a policy perspective, these results suggest that authorities have to adopt a gender perspective to ensure that in the future urban mobility policies provide gender equity in the context of the sustainable development of transport networks. Keywords: Travel behaviour; Commute distance and time; Gender differences; Gender interactions; Bivariate tobit model; Zero-one inflated beta regression (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transa:v:145:y:2021:i:c:p:34-48 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.12.016 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice is currently edited by John (J.M.) Rose More articles in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice from Elsevier |
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