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How Does Improvement in Commuting Affect Employees? Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
- Source :
- Review of Economics & Statistics; Jan2024, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p53-67, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- We collect worker month-level panel data from two companies in Beijing for a two-year period before and after the opening of a nearby subway station, which significantly improved public transportation commutes for some workers. We find a significant difference-in-differences increase (12.6% of the standard deviation) in bonus pay, which is strongly correlated to worker-level performance measures, for affected workers relative to unaffected coworkers. We find no evidence that the improved performance is a result of affected workers spending extra time at the workplace. We find suggestive evidence for a relative decline in turnover, consistent with a gain in utility for affected workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUBWAY stations
PUBLIC transit
COMMUTING
PANEL analysis
STANDARD deviations
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00346535
- Volume :
- 106
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Review of Economics & Statistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174683856
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01138