کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
981463 933869 2011 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The structure of the labor market, telecommuting, and optimal peak period congestion tolls: A numerical optimization model
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The structure of the labor market, telecommuting, and optimal peak period congestion tolls: A numerical optimization model
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper extends a standard model of welfare optimal peak-period congestion tolls to take into account two characteristics of typical European labor markets, viz. wage bargaining and the increasing potential of telecommuting as an alternative to working on-the-job. Specifically, we consider the government's problem of determining optimal labor and peak-period transport taxes under two different labor market structures, viz., a competitive labor market and a wage bargaining setting. The models include commuting and non-commuting transports, and they allow for telecommuting. We implement the models numerically using Belgian data. Results include the following. First, if union preferences reflect the transport concerns of their members, we find that optimal congestion taxes under competitive labor market conditions exceed those under bargaining by 10-17%. Second, the combination of substantially higher transport taxes and lower labor taxes compared to the reference situation jointly implies that the optimal tax structure strongly stimulates telecommuting for both labor market structures considered. Third, it is found that improving the efficiency of telecommuting results in a considerable reduction of optimal congestion tolls.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Regional Science and Urban Economics - Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 426-438
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