Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you another academic who has spent a great deal of his life studying the trucking industry, and who also started out behind the wheel.
University of Minnesota-Morris Economics Professor Stephen Burks joins the show to share with us the findings of some of his studies, what undergirds many issues in the industry, and stories from his life on the road back in the 1970s.
You can find Professor Burks online -
https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/expert/stephen-burks
https://www.iza.org/person/1883/stephen-v-burks
His research project on driver turnover -
https://morris.umn.edu/academics/truckers-turnover-research-project
And a list of many of Professor Burks great research papers -
https://morris.umn.edu/academics/truckers-turnover-research-project/results
Professor Burks most recent paper we discussed on the pod -
https://docs.iza.org/dp16477.pdf
The American Compass piece I mentioned in the intro -
https://americancompass.org/crash-and-churn/
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Trucker Turned Economist with Professor Stephen Burks