Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences ; No. 09-2015

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
• Thema: commute time ; life satisfaction ; happiness ; urban China

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Nie, Peng ; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Hohenheim, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• (wo): Stuttgart
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/121327
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-11484
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ