The relationship between transport accessibility and employment duration

Jacomien van der Merwe and Stephan Krygsman

No wp-2020-56, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate whether transport accessibility influences the employment duration of individuals in South Africa. The South African Revenue Service's IRP5 administration datasets, which indicate employment duration and spatial location data (where workers reside and work) for all income earners in South Africa, were used to determine individuals' employment duration, as well as the travel distances between their residence and place of employment. Airline distance was used as a proxy for transport accessibility.

Keywords: Employment; Employment duration; Equality; Job–housing mismatch; Transportation; Transport accessibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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