全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Disruptive Change in the Taxi Business: The Case of Uber

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w22083
来源ID	Working Paper 22083
	Disruptive Change in the Taxi Business: The Case of Uber
	Judd Cramer; Alan B. Krueger
发表日期	2016-03-14
出版年	2016
语种	英语
摘要	In most cities, the taxi industry is highly regulated and utilizes technology developed in the 1940s. Ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft, which use modern internet-based mobile technology to connect passengers and drivers, have begun to compete with traditional taxis. This paper examines the efficiency of ride sharing services vis-à-vis taxis by comparing the capacity utilization rate of UberX drivers with that of traditional taxi drivers in five cities. The capacity utilization rate is measured by the fraction of time a driver has a fare-paying passenger in the car while he or she is working, and by the share of total miles that drivers log in which a passenger is in their car. The main conclusion is that, in most cities with data available, UberX drivers spend a significantly higher fraction of their time, and drive a substantially higher share of miles, with a passenger in their car than do taxi drivers. Four factors likely contribute to the higher capacity utilization rate of UberX drivers: 1) Uber’s more efficient driver-passenger matching technology; 2)the larger scale of Uber than taxi companies; 3) inefficient taxi regulations; and 4) Uber’s flexible labor supply model and surge pricing more closely match supply with demand throughout the day.
主题	Microeconomics ; Households and Firms ; Labor Economics ; Labor Market Structures ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w22083
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/579756
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Judd Cramer,Alan B. Krueger. Disruptive Change in the Taxi Business: The Case of Uber. 2016.

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