Does the income elasticity of road traffic depend on the source of income?

An extensive body of literature addresses the income elasticity of road traffic, in which income is typically treated as a homogenous quantity. Here we report evidence of heterogeneity in cross-sectional estimates of the elasticity of vehicle-kilometres of travel (VKT) with respect to income, when household income is disaggregated on the basis of income source.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Le Vine, Scott ; Chen, Bingqing ; Polak, John
Published in:	Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. - Elsevier, ISSN 0965-8564. - Vol. 67.2014, C, p. 15-29
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Income elasticity \| Road traffic \| Income source \| Travel survey methods

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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