Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193313 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12019
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Despite the growing interest in and proliferation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems around the world, their causal impacts on labor market outcomes remain unexplored. Reduced travel times for those who live near BRT stations or near feeder lines, may increase access to a wider array of job opportunities, potentially leading to increased rates of employment, access to higher quality (or formal) jobs, and increased labor hours and earnings. This paper assesses the effects of the Metropolitano, the BRT system in Lima (Peru), on individual-level job market outcomes. We rely on a difference-in-differences empirical strategy, based on comparing individuals who live close to the BRT system with a comparison group that lives farther from the system, before and after the system started to operate. We find large impacts on employment, hours worked and labor earnings for those individuals close to the BRT stations, but not for those who live close to the feeder lines. Despite the potential to connect poor populations, we find no evidence of impacts for populations living in lower income areas.
Subjects: 
Bus Rapid Transit
employment
impact evaluation
JEL: 
J01
J21
O12
R40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
1.05 MB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.