%0 Report
        %A Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio
%A Molina, José Alberto
%A Velilla, Jorge
        %T Commuting Time and Sick-Day Absence of US Workers
        %D 2018
        %8 2018 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11700
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11700
        %X 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.
        %K commuting time
%K sickness absence
%K health-related outcomes
%K labour supply