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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Language: | English |
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Elsevier BV
2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129344 |