Apr 7, 2025–Apr 7, 2025 from 5:00pm–6:00pm
The Effects of Free Subway Rides for Seniors and Welfare Implications
Son will discuss a paper which leveraged a quasi-experimental policy in Korea, along with novel mobility data, to assess the welfare consequences of granting older adults free subway access. He and his colleagues found a large increase in subway use, but primarily due to shifts from buses rather than cars. Simulations show that, unless one assumes unrealistically large health benefits or places outsized welfare weight on affluent seniors, the current free subway policy cannot be justified as optimal.
This public lecture series is organized by Seoul National University and the Korea-Pacific Program at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS).
This series has received generous support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020S1A3A2A0210419031).
Date and Time
Apr 7, 2025–Apr 7, 2025
from 5:00pm–6:00pm
Location
Virtual
Event Registration
Registration for this event is required.
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Event Fee
Free
Contact
Curtis Bruno • c1bruno@ucsd.edu
Audience
Faculty, Staff, Students, The General Public, Alumni, Parents and Family
Event Host
The Korea Pacific-Program at The School of Global Policy & Strategy