abstract: 'Older adults are delaying retirement and remaining in the paid workforce

  longer than in previous decades. There are many potential explanations

  for this trend. In this study, it is hypothesized that the ease or

  difficulty of traveling may significantly influence the labor force

  participation of older adults, just as it does for other working-age

  adults. As they age, older adults can face a number of barriers to

  mobility. The hypothesis is tested using data from the 2012 California

  Household Travel Survey (CHTS) and propensity score matching. The paper

  focuses on the effects of automobile ownership and transit access on the

  employment status of older adults (60+), controlling for a host of

  characteristics associated with the likelihood of employment. The

  analysis shows that transportation access has a substantial and positive

  association with employment for older adults, particularly older adults

  living in low-income households (those earning less than \$35,000 per

  year). Access to jobs by public transit is especially influential among

  low-income older adults who live in households without automobiles. The

  findings underscore the importance of enhancing the transportation

  environment such that it allows older adults to travel regularly on

  their own by car or, in dense urban neighborhoods, by public transit.

  Limitations to this study suggest the need for additional quantitative

  analysis of longitudinal data as well as qualitative analysis of data

  from interviews and focus groups.'
affiliation: 'Blumenberg, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Transportat
  Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.

  Blumenberg, Evelyn; Schouten, Andrew; Pinski, Miriam; Wachs, Martin, Univ Calif
  Los Angeles, Inst Transportat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.'
author: Blumenberg, Evelyn and Schouten, Andrew and Pinski, Miriam and Wachs, Martin
author-email: eblumenb@ucla.edu
author_list:
- family: Blumenberg
  given: Evelyn
- family: Schouten
  given: Andrew
- family: Pinski
  given: Miriam
- family: Wachs
  given: Martin
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0361198119860488
eissn: 2169-4052
files: []
issn: 0361-1981
journal: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
keywords-plus: 'WELFARE-TO-WORK; SPATIAL MISMATCH; CAR OWNERSHIP; TRANSPORTATION;

  ACCESS; DECISIONS; OUTCOMES; WOMEN'
language: English
month: DEC
number: '12'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
pages: 139-148
papis_id: 36e1f5b314918a65eaee0b4b8d4fd2e6
ref: Blumenberg2019physicalaccessibilit
times-cited: '5'
title: Physical Accessibility and Employment among Older Adults in California
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000515843500012
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '2673'
web-of-science-categories: Engineering, Civil; Transportation; Transportation Science
  \& Technology
year: '2019'