Leisure Nothing for Commuters? The Effect of Commuting Time on Labour Supply
(2020) NEKP01 20201Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This thesis investigates the effect of commuting time on labour supply using US household survey data. To circumvent biased estimates as working hours and commuting time are jointly determined by the worker, a first differences approach is carried out, in which changes in the commute are assumed to be exogenous. The estimates suggest that there is no causal effect on labour supply that can be derived from commuting time. When investigating the impact of commuting on the partner’s labour supply, women respond positively to their male partners’ increased commute while male workers are unaffected to changes in their female partners’ commuting patterns.
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- author
- Zilling, Jennifer LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKP01 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- commuting, labour supply, working hours, partner’s labour supply
- language
- English
- id
- 9027317
- date added to LUP
- 2020-08-29 11:09:58
- date last changed
- 2020-08-29 11:09:58
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