Commute duration and health: Empirical evidence from Brazil

Oliveira, Ricardo Ferraz de; Moura, Klebson Humberto de Lucena; Viana, Jorge H. N.; Tigre, Robson; Sampaio, Breno

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“…The regression of this variable on our instrument yielded an estimated coefficient of −0.015 (0.012) statistically insignificant, a quite comforting result since it suggests poverty to be uncorrelated with our instrument. 9 See, for example, Kobus et al (2015) and Oliveira et al (2015). 10 We thank a reviewer for suggesting this instrument.…”

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The Impact of Commuting Time on Youth's School Performance

Tigre

Sampaio

Menezes

2016

Journal of Regional Science

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ABSTRACT. Using Brazilian data, we estimate the impact of commuting duration on students' performance using distance to closest schools as an instrumental variable. In addition, we also use identification through heteroskedasticity, which does not rely on exclusion restrictions, and estimate bounds for the treatment effect in case there is remaining bias from unobservables. We find strong and consistent evidence that duration of commuting has a negative causal effect on academic achievement. Moreover, the relatively small heterogeneity across quantiles of test score makes us believe that public transportation policies targeted at students can promote education not only for those less well-off.

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The Impact of Commuting Time on Youth's School Performance

Tigre

Sampaio

Menezes

2016

Journal of Regional Science

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“…In addition to the implied waste of potentially productive time and a lower quality of life for the inhabitants of Brazilian metropolitan regions (Oliveira, Moura, Viana, Tigre, & Sampaio, 2015), a longer commute inherently causes greater exposure to potential aggressors because individuals must spend a greater amount of time on public streets and using public transportation. According to the theory of routines activities (Cohen & Cantor, 1981;Cohen & Felson, 1979), these circumstances increase the probability of being a victim of urban violence.…”

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Commuting time, public exposure and victimization: Evidence from Brazilian metropolitan regions

Neto

Moura

2019

Papers in Regional Science

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Routine activities theory establishes that the greater the exposure to public spaces with weak guardianship the higher the probability of being a victim of urban violence. Using a unique dataset for the year 2009 that includes all Brazilian metropolitan regions, we provide evidence for the causal effect of a long commute time on the chance of being a victim of violence in these urban centres. The set of evidence was obtained by applying propensity score matching techniques to create counterfactuals and is robust to different robustness checks and sensitivity analysis.

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“…Additionally, several studies from non-western countries also show clear evidences that commute time are linked with bad health status. Using a large and unique nationally representative sample in Brazil, Oliveira et al (2015) drew the conclusion that individuals with more than one hour of commuting are more likely to be in poor health status [16]. Applying the Seoul survey data collected between 2006 and 2015, Jun et al (2019) also revealed a negatively relationship between commuting time and subjective well-being [17].…”

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Linkage between commuting time and sickness absence in the context of China: transmission channels and heterogeneous effects

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Liu²,

Guo³

2020

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Background Most of employees in urban China have experienced a heavy commuting burden,which has become an urgent issue that should be solved in the process of new urbanization strategy. However, not only has the exploration of relationship between the commuting and sickness absence been still scant in China, but also there is no discussion made to analyze the mechanism linking the commuting time and sickness absence. To address these gaps, this study firstly investigates the commuting-absence effect as well as the potential transmission channel between them. Methods Using a unique dataset of 2013 Matched Employer-Employee Survey (CMEES) in China, we apply the zero-inflated negative binomial model to explore the nexus between the commuting and sickness absence. To discuss the potential mechanism linking commuting and sickness absence in the context of China, the estimations of the commuting on health-related outcomes and work efforts are performed by the OLS and Logit regression to discuss the mechanism. Results The empirical results reveal that the commute has a positive effect on sickness absence, while it is still robust against several specifications. More importantly, the commuting-absence effect is mainly transmitted through health-related outcomes of employees, whereas we find no clear evidence supporting the shirking behaviors. Additionally, the heterogeneous effects of commuting-absence are differentiated across the Hukou status, gender, transportation modes, scale of cities and types of enterprises. Conclusion The longer commute induces to lower productivities through the sickness absence, that is, the longer journey from home to work is positively related with the increasing sickness absence, which keeps in consistency with previous studies. And the potential effect of commute-sickness absence is mainly transmitted through their health-related outcomes. Additionally, the impacts of commute time on sickness absence are differentiated across the Hukou status, gender, transportation modes, scale of cities and types of enterprise.

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Commute duration and health: Empirical evidence from Brazil

Cited by 32 publications

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The Impact of Commuting Time on Youth's School Performance

The Impact of Commuting Time on Youth's School Performance

Commuting time, public exposure and victimization: Evidence from Brazilian metropolitan regions

Linkage between commuting time and sickness absence in the context of China: transmission channels and heterogeneous effects

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