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Citywide Effects of High-Occupancy Vehicle Restrictions : Evidence from the Elimination of ‘3-in-1’ in Jakarta

Hanna, Rema - 2017

In cities worldwide, the widespread use of single occupancy cars often leads to traffic congestion and its associated ill effects. Using high frequency data from Google Maps, we test whether high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policies can be an effective tool to combat congestion. Using the unexpected...

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The Political Economy of Transportation Investment

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2017

Will politics lead to over-building or under-building of transportation projects? In this paper, we develop a model of infrastructure policy in which politicians overdo things that have hidden costs and underperform tasks whose costs voters readily perceive. Consequently, national funding of...

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Railroads of the Raj : Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure

Donaldson, Dave - 2010

How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? To shed new light on these questions, this paper uses archival data from colonial India to investigate the impact of India's vast railroad network. Guided by four predictions from a general...

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The Social Determinants of Choice Quality : Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands

Handel, Benjamin; Kolstad, Jonathan; Minten, Thomas; … - 2022

study this trade-off in the health insurance market in the Netherlands, with a specific focus on misallocation and …

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Intended and Unintended Effects of Youth Bicycle Helmet Laws

Carpenter, Christopher - 2010

Over 20 states have adopted laws requiring youths to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle. We confirm previous research indicating that these laws reduced fatalities and increased helmet use, but we also show that the laws significantly reduced youth bicycling. We find this result in standard...

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Effects of Bicycle Helmet Laws on Children's Injuries

Chatterji, Pinka - 2013

Cycling is popular among children, but results in thousands of injuries annually. In recent years, many states and … among children. However, laws also are associated with decreases in non-head cycling injuries, as well as increases in head …

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Cycling : An Increasingly Untouched Source of Physical and Mental Health

Kelly, Inas - 2007

associated with reduced urban sprawl and gas prices. Cycling is a form of exercise that can also be used as a mode of … sprawl and in real gasoline prices on cycling as a form of physical activity. Using bivariate probit and propensity score … methods, I show how cycling can lead to improved physical health outcomes. This is turn may carry policy implications in terms …

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Cycling to School : Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

Muralidharan, Karthik - 2013

from girls cycling to school in groups, and changes in patriarchal social norms that proscribed female mobility outside the …

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The Making of the Modern Metropolis : Evidence from London

Heblich, Stephan - 2018

51.5 and 53.3 percent respectively, and decreases net commuting into the historical center of London by more than 300 …

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School Bus Emissions, Student Health, and Academic Performance

Austin, Wes - 2019

Diesel emissions from school buses expose children to high levels of air pollution; retrofitting bus engines can substantially reduce this exposure. Using variation from 2,656 retrofits across Georgia, we estimate effects of emissions reductions on district-level health and academic achievement....

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