The Reasons for the Recent Decline in Young Driver Licensing in the United States

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-9

  Schoettle, Brandon ^a   Sivak, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

driver age; driver's licenses; economic factors; Internet usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889248889     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.839993     Document Type: Article

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