Subjective well-being in China: how much does commuting matter?

Zhenjun Zhu (), Zhigang Li (), Hongsheng Chen (), Ye Liu () and Jun Zeng ()
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Zhenjun Zhu: Southeast University
Zhigang Li: Wuhan University
Hongsheng Chen: Sun Yat-Sen University
Ye Liu: Sun Yat-Sen University
Jun Zeng: Southeast University

Transportation, 2019, vol. 46, issue 4, No 19, 1505-1524

Abstract: Abstract With rapidly increasing urbanization and motorization in China, the effect of commuting on residents’ subjective well-being (SWB) is likely growing. We used 13,261 individual, 124 city, and 401 neighbourhood samples from the 2014 China Labour-Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS 2014) and applied multilevel mixed-effects ordered probit regressions to investigate the relationship between commuting and SWB. We found huge differences between urban and rural areas in relation to commuting. Urban respondents’ daily average commuting time was 0.56 h while rural respondents’ daily average commuting time was 0.41 h. Further, the daily average commute time for residents living in cities with high urbanization rates (> 70%) was longer than for those living in cities with low urbanization rates (

Keywords: Commuting time; Commuting mode; Subjective well-being; Urbanization; Migrants; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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