The role of household demographic factors in shaping transportation spending in Turkey
| Autor: | Faruk Urak, Steven T. Yen, Abdulbaki Bilgic, Emine Coruh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sustainable development
Economics and Econometrics Public economics Turkish Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences language.human_language Specification Scale (social sciences) Censoring (clinical trials) Greenhouse gas language Survey data collection 021108 energy Business Null hypothesis 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Environment, Development and Sustainability. 24:3485-3517 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2975 1387-585X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10668-021-01575-x |
| Popis: | Factors at the family scale, for which dynamic decisions and proper investments need to be made at the national level in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, are extremely important for policymakers and investors. We provide information on the roles of how household demographic factors shape transportation patterns and spending in Turkey using the latest survey data collected by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI). Alternative sample selection models are estimated to accommodate censoring in expenditure, and the dependent single-hurdle model is found to be the preferred model as a result of model specification tests. Also, different specification tests conducted, including the error-independence test, resulted in rejection of the null hypothesis. Results suggest that the majority of the household economic and sociodemographic characteristics are important determinants of both the probability and level of transportation expenditure. Policy recommendations to curb carbon emissions and integrate environmentally friendly transport systems throughout the country are presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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