Worse than Baumol's disease: The implications of labor productivity, contracting out, and unionization on transit operation costs

Unit costs measured as bus operating costs per vehicle mile have increased considerably above the inflation rate in recent decades in most transit agencies in the United States. This paper examines the impact of (lack of) productivity growth, union bargaining power, and contracting out on cost escal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morales Sarriera, Javier, Salvucci, Frederick P, Zhao, Jinhua
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Transportation & Logistics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129344