Events

METRANS Seminar - Dr. Kristen Monaco

Date: Feb 21, 2007

The seminar was held at USC in RGL 215, 12:00 Noon to 1:30 pm.

Speaker: Dr. Kristen Monaco, California State University, Long Beach
Title: Earnings and Truck Financing Among Port Owner Operators

Abstract: Using data from two data sets of truck drivers working at the San Pedro ports, we analyze wages and working conditions of drivers. We extend a prior study of port drivers by examining driver expenses in detail and use this to infer the likely costs of the truck replacement and retrofitting program proposed by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Bio: Kristen Monaco is Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the graduate program in Global Logistics at California State University, Long Beach. Her research focuses on the interaction between industrial structure and labor markets, with a particular focus on the economics of the trucking industry.

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