Generational Differences in Household Car Ownership

Probit Model Estimation Revisited: Trinomial Models of Household Car Ownership

In this paper we revisit various important issues relating to practical estimation of the multinomial probit model, using an empirical analysis of car ownership as a test case. To provide context, a brief literature review of empirical probit studies is included. Estimates are obtained for a full range of model specifications, including models with random (uncorrelated and correlated) taste var...

The Impacts of the Mass Rapid Transit System on Household Car Ownership in Taipei

This paper investigates the impacts of Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system on household car ownership and analyses how socioeconomic characteristics affect household car ownership. We employ a difference-in-difference (DID) strategy integrated with generalized Poisson regression models to examine the effects of MRT. The results are as follows: first, the establishment of Taipei MRT significa...

Forecasting Car Ownership in the Sydney Area

An accurate forecast of car ownership is fundamental to understanding the development of travel patterns in any area. The paper describes the development of car ownership models for the Sydney area. The models operate at household level, allowing the full detail of the socio-economic characteristics of the household and in particular licence-holding to be taken into account. Relating car owners...

Car Ownership , Employment , and Earnings Steven

In this paper, we attempt to assess whether the positive effects of car ownership on employment outcomes observed in past research are causal. We match state-level data on average car insurance premiums and average per-gallon gas taxes to a nationally representative microdata sample containing information on car ownership and employment outcomes comparable to the those explored in previous rese...

Residential Street Parking and Car Ownership