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Is there a relationship between the use of motorcycles and the level of development of countries?

S. Bastos,Fábio Gama,Tiana de Paula Assis,Matheus Milosz

Published 2020 in Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

ABSTRACT

Abstract Our paper aims to analyse the hypothesis that locations with a higher Human Development Index (HDI) present lower rates of motorcycle use. For this we use an econometric model for 117 countries on five continents for the years 2013, 2015 and 2018. We assume that when a country reaches a higher level of development, its population is more likely to experience improvements in the quality of life, which also affects the quality of individual transportation, public transport and roads. Increases in income discourage the use of motorcycles, mainly due to their low safety and comfort features. Our results indicate that rates of motorcycle use in countries increase as HDI rises, before reaching a maximum point and then declining. Therefore, this evidence suggests that a certain degree of development discourages the use of this means of transport in favour of others.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2020

  • Venue

    Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

  • Publication date

    2020-12-01

  • Fields of study

    Geography, Business, Economics

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.2478/bog-2020-0031
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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