Ridesharing: The state-of-the-art and future directions

M Furuhata, M Dessouky, F Ordóñez, ME Brunet… - … Research Part B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although ridesharing can provide a wealth of benefits, such as reduced travel costs,
congestion, and consequently less pollution, there are a number of challenges that have …

E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture

RD Putnam - Scandinavian political studies, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Ethnic diversity is increasing in most advanced countries, driven mostly by sharp increases
in immigration. In the long run immigration and diversity are likely to have important cultural …

The production of social capital in US counties

A Rupasingha, SJ Goetz, D Freshwater - The journal of socio-economics, 2006 - Elsevier
A growing belief exists that social capital contributes to economic growth of communities. In
this paper, we identify inputs into the production of social capital at the level of US counties …

Racial discrimination in the labor market: Theory and empirics

K Lang, JYK Lehmann - Journal of Economic Literature, 2012 - aeaweb.org
We review theories of race discrimination in the labor market. Taste-based models can
generate wage and unemployment duration differentials when combined with either random …

Travel behaviours, user characteristics, and social-economic impacts of shared transportation: A comprehensive review

Z Sun, Y Wang, H Zhou, J Jiao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Shared transportation is playing an increasingly important role in sustainable urban
transportation planning and control. Because it significantly affects people's daily life, socio …

What encourages people to carpool? An evaluation of factors with meta-analysis

JG Neoh, M Chipulu, A Marshall - Transportation, 2017 - Springer
Non-household carpools (where two or more commuters from different residences travel
together in the same private vehicle) bring public benefits. To encourage and incentivise it …

Who and where rideshares? Rideshare travel and use in Los Angeles

AE Brown - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2020 - Elsevier
Carpooling rates in America have been falling for decades. But new technologies may offer
solutions to traditional carpooling barriers and usher in a new chapter in shared car travel …

Rider-to-rider discriminatory attitudes and ridesharing behavior

J Moody, S Middleton, J Zhao - … Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Using online survey data from N= 2041 Uber and Lyft users in the United States collected in
2016 and 2018, this paper establishes the validity, reliability, and invariance of a measure of …

The influence of social relationships on pro-environment behaviors

J Videras, AL Owen, E Conover, S Wu - Journal of Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
We examine how social relationships are related to pro-environment behaviors. We use new
data from a nationally representative US sample to estimate latent cluster models in which …

[BOG][B] Ethnic diversity and social cohesion: Immigration, ethnic fractionalization and potentials for civic action

M Schaeffer - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Exploring the debate within social sciences on the consequences of ethnic diversity for
social cohesion and the production of public goods, this book draws on extensive survey …