AutorIn 1: | ||||
Stutzer, Alois | ||||
AutorIn 2: | ||||
Frey, Bruno S. | ||||
HerausgeberIn 1: | ||||
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor | ||||
Titel: | ||||
Stress That Doesnt Pay: The Commuting Paradox | ||||
Ort: | ||||
Bonn | ||||
Verlag: | ||||
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor | ||||
Jahr: | ||||
2004 | ||||
Anmerkung: | ||||
Discussion Paper No. 1278 August 2004 | ||||
Abstract: | ||||
"(...) People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to economics, the burden of
commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing market so that individuals’ utility
is equalized. However, in a direct test of this strong notion of equilibrium, we find that people with longer
commuting time report systematically lower subjective well-being. Additional empirical analyses do not find
institutional explanations of the empirical results that commuters systematically incur losses. We discuss several
possibilities of an extended model of human behavior able to explain this ‘commuting paradox’. (...)" [location theory, commuting, compensating variation, subjective well-being] | ||||
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