Welfare Costs of Travel Reductions within the U.S. due to COVID-19

Hakan Yilmazkuday

No 2114, Working Papers from Florida International University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using daily county-level travel data within the U.S., this paper investigates the welfare costs of travel reductions due to COVID-19 for the period between January 20th and September 5th, 2020. Welfare of individuals (related to their travel) is measured by their inter-county and intra-county travel, where travel costs are measured by the corresponding distance measures. Important transport policy implications follow regarding how policy makers can act to mitigate welfare costs of travel reductions without worsening the COVID-19 spread.

Keywords: COVID-19; Travel Reductions; Welfare Costs; U.S. Counties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I31 J61 R11 R13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2021-05
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