TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lim, Seulgi
AU  - Lee, Soohyung
        TI  - Sejong's Effects on People's Health: Consequences of a Long Commute
        PY  - 2023/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16003
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16003
        AB  - 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. 
        KW  - innovation city
KW  - Sejong
KW  - place-based policy
KW  - health
KW  - commute
        ER  -