Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China

Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Nie, Peng

Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China

dc.contributor.author	Sousa-Poza, Alfonso	de
dc.contributor.author	Nie, Peng	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:51:53Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:51:53Z
dc.date.created	2015-10-22
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, this study investigates the association between commute time and subjective well-being in a sample of 16- to 65-year-old employees in urban China. We find evidence that a longer commute time is associated with lower levels of both life satisfaction and happiness, especially when the commute times are extreme (≥ 1 hour per day). A multiple mediation analysis further indicates that the relation between commute time and happiness is partially mediated by time spent on daily activities, particularly sleeping. We calculate the amount of income necessary to compensate an employee’s loss in well-being at approximately 82 yuan per hour of commute time, implying that, in urban China, the annual loss of well-being amounts to around 10 billion yuan.	en
dc.identifier.swb	44705094X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5957
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-11484
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2015,09
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Commute time	en
dc.subject	Life satisfaction	en
dc.subject	Happiness	en
dc.subject	Urban China	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	China	de
dc.subject.gnd	Wohlbefinden	de
dc.title	Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	530	de
local.opus.number	1148
local.series.issueNumber	2015,09
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Household and Consumer Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Health Care & Public Management	de

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