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Most of the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects accrue in the form of time savings for users. In many cases, more than the half of the social benefits of investments in highways, streets or airports is attributable to time savings. This document presents estimations of the Social Value of the Time for Mexico. Utilizing the only available data from the INEGI on hours worked and remunerations paid in the manufacturing sector, we estimate the Social Value of the Time for 2006 to be 60.65 pesos an hour for general users of the Mexico City International Airport and of 110.54 an hour for its passengers. This estimate is consistent with other estimates using different methods proposed by two authorities. The estimates are also consistent with calculations carried out by the ILPES for Peru and by authors for North America.// La mayor parte de los beneficios de los proyectos de infraestructura de transporte -tanto sobre ruedas como aéreo- se materializan en ahorros de tiempo para los usuarios. En muchos casos, más de la mitad de los beneficios sociales de inversiones en carreteras, vialidades urbanas o aeropuertos son atribuibles a los ahorros de tiempo de viaje. Este documento presenta estimaciones del valor social del tiempo para México. Utilizando los únicos datos disponibles del INEGI de horas trabajadas y remuneraciones pagadas en el sector manufacturero, se estima que el valor social del tiempo para 2006 es de 60.65 pesos por hora para los usuarios en general del Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México y de 110.54 pesos por hora para sus pasajeros. Esta estimación no es incongruente con evaluaciones que descansan sobre diferentes métodos propuestos por dos autoridades en este campo. Este rango de estimaciones también no es incongruente con cálculos hechos por el ILPES para Perú y por diversos autores para la América del Norte.
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Alberro-Semerena, José, 2008.
"Costo de oportunidad social del tiempo de usuarios del Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México,"
El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(297), pages 211-223, enero-mar.
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RePEc:elt:journl:v:75:y:2008:i:297:p:211-223
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v75i297.396
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- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
- J29 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Other
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