Indirect benefits of infrastructure improvement in the case of an imperfect labor market

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-72

  Zhu, Xueqin ^a   Van Ommeren, Jos ^b,c   Rietveld, Piet ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency wage theory; Regional modeling; Surplus equivalence problem; Transport infrastructure; Welfare effects

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; TRANSPORTATION; WAGES;

EFFICIENCY WAGE THEORY; REGIONAL MODEL; SURPLUS EQUIVALENCE PROBLEM; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; WELFARE EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 55049093290     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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