Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272630 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16003
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the health impacts of long commute time by exploiting a large-scale placed-based policy in South Korea. The policy relocated public employers in the capital area to disadvantaged cities. However, some public employees kept their residences in the capital area and spend long hours commuting. Using this change, we estimate 2SLS models whose results suggest that having a long commute substantially increases usage of medical services, particularly to treat respiratory, circulatory, and endocrine & metabolic diseases. However, we find mixed effects of long commute time on medical checkup outcomes and health-related activities such as exercise.
Subjects: 
commute
health
place-based policy
Sejong
innovation city
JEL: 
I10
J18
H51
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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