Are children of high-income families more likely to work at better-paying firms, and if so, why? To answer these questions, we use Canadian administrative data to construct an employee-employer-parent-child matched dataset, which we link to detailed educational records.
- Speaker
- Date
- Thursday 26 Sep 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
- Type
- Seminar
- Room
- Kitchen/Lounge E1
- Building
- E Building
Joint work: Maarten Bosker, Mark Roberts, Sailesh Tiwari, Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana, Maria Monica Wihardja, and Ramda Yanurzha
Motorbike-based ride-hailing services are widespread in many of the most congested cities in the developing world, often predating the construction of modern public mass rapid transit (MRT) systems. Ride-hailing services may complement such investments by providing first and last mile connectivity. But, they have also been argued to undermine their viability as people simply continue using ride-hailing services given their convenience, flexibility and affordability.
Using an event study research design leveraging proprietary, high-frequency data from one of Indonesia’s largest ride-hailing services, Gojek, we show that the opening of Jakarta’s first MRT line led to large increases in ride-hailing activity in the immediate vicinity of the newly opened stations. This was accompanied by a significant decline in the average distance of the ride-hailing trips made to and from these stations.
These findings are consistent with ride-hailing services complementing public transport by providing important first and last mile connectivity. Ride-hailing services significantly improve the MRT system’s ability to attract customers beyond immediate walking distance from its stations.
Registration
To participate, please send an email to: ae-secr@ese.eur.nl
