Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185160 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11700
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the relationship between commuting time and sick-day absence of US workers. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for the years 2011, 2013, and 2015, we find that a 1% increase in the daily commute of male workers is associated with an increase of around 0.018% in sick-day absences per year. In the case of women, the relationship is not significant. These results hold after controlling for individual fixed effects and socio-demographic characteristics, changes in jobs and places of residence, and differences in the self-reported health status of workers. By determining how commuting time is related to sickness absenteeism, we shed light on the relationship between commuting behavior and workers' health-related outcomes, measured by their labour supply.
Subjects: 
commuting time
sickness absence
health-related outcomes
labour supply
JEL: 
I10
J22
R2
R40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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