4.2.2 Searching for another job
The same kind of ordered probit analysis has been conducted for the probability of searching
another job due to road pricing. In this case respondents that indicated to have a moderately
high, high or extremely high possibility of changing job within 2 years (for whatever reason)
were removed from the dataset. The results of the analysis are presented in table 7.
Table 7: results analysis of probability of searching a job closer to home due to a km charge
Coefficient T-value P-value
Constant
0.5710 1.798 0.0722
Personal, work and trip related characteristics
|
dummy living alone (yes=1) |
-0.5968 |
-1.832 |
0.0670 |
|
dummy living in a region with congestion problems (yes=1) |
-0.2771 |
3.943 |
0.0001 |
|
dummy commute trip length single trip (≥25 km =1) |
0.4069 |
3.175 |
0.0015 |
|
dummy working partner |
0.5612 |
3.943 |
0.0001 |
|
dummy size municipality (≥50.000 inhab.=1) |
-0.3182 |
-2.703 |
0.0069 |
|
dummy travel cost compensation employer (completely compens.=1) |
-0.3356 |
-2.447 |
0.0144 |
|
dummy working hours/week (≥35 hours/week=1) |
0.2608 |
1.868 |
0.0617 |
|
dummy heavy car (yes=1) |
-0.7086 |
-3.779 |
0.0002 |
|
dummy car medium weight (yes=1) |
-0.3220 |
-2.033 |
0.0421 |
|
dummy gasoline car (yes=1) |
-0.4425 |
-3.035 |
0.0024 |
|
dummy number of cars in household (≥2 cars=1) |
-0.4378 |
-3.619 |
0.0003 |
Perceptions and behavioural changes
|
dummy house satisfaction (satisfied=1) |
-0.3663 |
-2.094 |
0.0363 |
|
dummy acceptability of rp measues (quite to high prob=1) |
-0.3444 |
-2.257 |
0.0240 |
|
dummy prob. moving house due to rp measure (quite to high prob=1) |
0.7677 |
2.698 |
0.0070 |
μι
μ.∙
1.010
1.637
Log likelihood (constants)
Log likelihood (convergence)
-484.0
-431.9
104.2
x2
Various significant explanatory factors in table 6 can also be found in table 7: living alone,
living in a bigger city, getting a travel cost compensation, working 35 hours or more per
week, driving a car on gasoline. The sign of the coefficients in this case is in line with table 6.
A difference between table 6 and 7 is the sign for the car with a medium weight. Another
significant characteristic in table 7 is commuting distance; respondents with a higher distance
show a higher probability of changing job location. This can be explained by the higher toll
costs commuters have to pay when having a higher commute distance.
Looking at perceptions, we find a negative relation between house satisfaction and the
relocation probability. This means that respondents having a higher house satisfaction seem to
have a lower probability of searching for another job. Furthermore, as could be expected a
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