Effects of transportation barriers on geographic asymmetries in labour markets

Thorsen, Helge Sandvig; Thorsen, Inge

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2017.07.005

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“…Labor employment is a mediating variable of regional accessibility affecting income. Labor tends to migrate to regions with more economic opportunities and higher wages until inter-regional economic opportunities tend to be balanced [50][51][52]. The urban income level will be significantly increased when employment reaches a certain level.…”

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Impact of regional accessibility on urban residents’ income in China: A bidirectional-fixed panel model

Liu,

Tang,

Wang

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The income gap between regions and its expansion are the main manifestations of the imbalanced and inadequate economic development in China. High-speed railway (HSR) construction is regarded as an important method to drive domestic demand, drive the pulse of the economy, and promote the coordinated development of regions. Based on the opening of HSR and the acceleration of ordinary railways, we used the weighted average travel time model and accessibility coefficient to estimate the changes on accessibility in 286 cities at prefecture-level and above from 2000 to 2018. Then, the influence mechanisms of improving regional accessibility on urban residents’ income were estimated by using the bidirectional-fixed effects panel model and the recursive model respectively. We found that: (1) The accessibility of urban areas has been greatly improved due to the opening of HSR and the acceleration of ordinary railway, among which the improvement of HSR cities is greater. (2) The improvement of regional accessibility significantly promoted the income growth of urban residents, and the increase of the regional accessibility coefficient by 1 unit led to an average increase of 2140 yuan in the per capita disposable income of urban residents. (3) There is regional heterogeneity in the impact of improving regional accessibility on urban residents’ income, and it has a significant effect on the eastern and northeastern regions. It has a greater positive effect on improving the income of residents in central cities compared with peripheral cities. (4) Regional accessibility can promote urban income growth through regional employment and fixed asset investment. In the future, the transportation network should be further improved to facilitate the regional economic cycle, strengthen the coordination and complementarity of regional economies, and promote regional economic integration so as to promote the improvement of resident income level and the common prosperity of the people.

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Section: Mechanism Analysismentioning

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Impact of regional accessibility on urban residents’ income in China: A bidirectional-fixed panel model

Liu,

Tang,

Wang

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…In the literature, accessibility has been defined as the ease with which goods can reach other destinations, which is measured in terms of the time, cost, seasonality, and type of the provided transport services [6,7]. Investments in transport infrastructure have an effect on core-peripheral relations in geography [8,9].…”

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Towards Sustainable Development and Preventing Exclusions—Determining Road Accessibility at the Sub-Regional and Local Level in Rural Areas of Poland

2019

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The improvement in a regions’ accessibility that accounts for various means of inter-regional transport and inter-regional communication is one of the main determinants of sustainable regional development. This study focuses on road accessibility in rural areas where an insufficient number and scope of international and domestic investments can lead to an imbalance in the transport infrastructure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate road accessibility at the level of the NUTS4 units in view of their sustainable development and their divergence from rural units that are less distant from the main transport routes. The studied area—a province—is situated in the northeast of Poland. Data concerning the travel time, condition, and density of the road network were analysed to develop and compare the measures of road accessibility in individual units and to perform an overall assessment of the NUTS4 units. Partial indices were calculated with the support of the QGIS and ArcGIS software. Peripheral regions in post-socialist countries appear to be particularly underinvested in terms of the transport, including at the local and regional level. The applied methodology supported the presentation of problem peripheral areas that are underinvested and threatened with exclusion.

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“…These barriers are related to the presence of physical, and/or topographical features (e.g., a sea, lake, or river, etc.) [19]. The impacts of a discontinuous space in a transport system are significant for island accessibility.…”

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Passenger Mobility in a Discontinuous Space: Modelling Access/Egress to Maritime Barrier in a Case Study

Birgillito

Rindone

Vitetta

2018

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The present study analyses a transport system in a discontinuous space. Classical specifications of transport models cannot be applied directly when evaluating the influence of territorial discontinuity and related barriers on user behaviour. Adjustments are required for this specific case because studies relative to discontinuous spaces are limited. The influence concerns the different travel components (access, barrier, on board, and egress) and could impact travel choices (departure time, destination, mode, and path). In this paper, the models refer to access and egress components with a focus on the mode of travel choice level. The paper focusses on the influence of discontinuity, introducing some adjustments to the classical demand models used to simulate discontinuity crossing. The main variables influencing the user’s choice, and their relative weight in discontinuous space, are investigated. These elements are fundamental for any planning and design procedures to improve the quality of mobility. In the paper, the case study of the Strait of Messina in southern Italy is analysed. In this case, the barrier is constituted by the sea that physically separates the two shores. In this work, only strait crossings via hydrofoil, from Reggio Calabria to Messina, are considered in random sample interviews.

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Effects of transportation barriers on geographic asymmetries in labour markets

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Impact of regional accessibility on urban residents’ income in China: A bidirectional-fixed panel model

Impact of regional accessibility on urban residents’ income in China: A bidirectional-fixed panel model

Towards Sustainable Development and Preventing Exclusions—Determining Road Accessibility at the Sub-Regional and Local Level in Rural Areas of Poland

Passenger Mobility in a Discontinuous Space: Modelling Access/Egress to Maritime Barrier in a Case Study

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