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Is your commute kil...
Is your commute killing you? : On the mortality risks of long-distance commuting
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- Sandow, Erika, 1978- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Centrum för befolkningsstudier (CBS),Kulturgeografi
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- Westerlund, Olle, 1951- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi,Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland,Economic Policy Network / ALC
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- Lindgren, Urban, 1966- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Kulturgeografi
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- 2014-01-01
- 2014
- English.
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In: Environment and planning A. - : Pion. - 0308-518X .- 1472-3409. ; 46:6, s. 1496-1516
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- There is a general belief that expanding labour-market regions, triggered by increased commuting, have positive economic effects on individuals, firms, and society. Recently, however, scholars have reported possible negative outcomes related to health and well-being. Based on these findings, this study addresses the association between long-distance commuting, and mortality. Using longitudinal individual data from between 1985 and 2008, focusing on 55-year-olds in 1994, we model mortality through propensity score matching and Kaplan–Meyer estimates of survival among long-distance commuters and matched controls from the population travelling short distances to work. The results indicate that women who have experienced long-distance commuting face a significantly higher mortality risk compared with women with short commutes to work. This seems to be driven by variations in income and education: for example, for women with long-distance commuting experience, substantially lower survival rates are found among those with low education and low income. A very different picture emerges for men, for whom mortality risks do not seem to be associated with long-distance commuting. Our findings suggest that men and women are subject to different mechanisms regarding the nexus between commuting and mortality.
Keyword
- long-distance commuting
- health
- mortality
- propensity score matching
- survival rates
- Economics
- nationalekonomi
- Social and Economic Geography
- kulturgeografi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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