Household transport choices: New empirical evidence and policy implications for sustainable behaviour

Ioannis Tikoudis; Andrea Papu Carrone; Rose Mba Mebiame; Nicolina Lamhauge; Katherine Hassett; Olof Bystrom

doi:https://doi.org/10.1787/0e8469ed-en

OECD Environment Working Papers

This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies on environmental issues prepared for use within the OECD. Authorship is usually collective, but principal authors are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language English or French with a summary in the other if available.

English

More On
- Environment

ISSN: 19970900 (online)
https://doi.org/10.1787/19970900

Subscribe to the RSS feed

Subscribe to the RSS feed

Household transport choices

New empirical evidence and policy implications for sustainable behaviour

This paper offers new insights on household choices related to transport, based on data from the third OECD Survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC). The analysis explores the role of key factors determining the choice of fuel type in vehicles and the choice of transport mode in trips. The study uses choice experiment data to estimate the importance of key drivers of electric vehicle purchase decisions and to project future adoption rates of electric vehicles. Results show that income, location and environmental awareness play important roles in the choice of whether to own a vehicle, and its fuel type. Convenient access to charging, such as at home or workplace, can significantly increase the likelihood of choosing an electric vehicle.

Less

English

More On
- Environment
- Transport

Keywords: EV subsidies, household behaviour, electric vehicle adoption, mode choice, fuel type choice, car ownership, range anxiety, recharging infrastructure

JEL: D12: Microeconomics / Household Behavior and Family Economics / Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis; R40: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Transportation Economics / Transportation Economics: General; Q54: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Environmental Economics / Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming; D91: Microeconomics / Micro-Based Behavioral Economics / Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making; C25: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods / Single Equation Models; Single Variables / Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

Click to access:
Click to download PDF - 2.56MB
PDF

This is a required field

Please enter a valid email address

Approval was a Success

Invalid data

An Error Occurred

Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error