The impact of working time on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of public fleets: Evidence from a policy experiment

Marco Percoco

Transport Policy, 2018, vol. 71, issue C, 126-129

Abstract: In 2008, Utah launched a reform of working time for which workers in treated public agencies were allowed to compress workweek from 5 to 4 days, by extending working hours from 8 to 10 per day. This paper estimates the impact of the initiative on the consumption of fuel and on the production of CO2 by public fleets. By assembling a new dataset on 43 public agencies and by adopting a difference-in-difference framework, a contraction in the consumption of fuel by 2% and a 14% decrease in the generation of CO2 was found.

Keywords: Compressed workweek; Fuel efficiency; Public fleets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.08.003

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