Take It Easy! How Flexible Work Arrangements Bust the Commuting Life Satisfaction Nexus

IF 1.2 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Bulletin of Economic Research Pub Date : 2026-04-03 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI:10.1111/boer.70020

Marco Kühne

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Abstract

Commuting to work can negatively affect people's well-being. This paper analyzes the effect of commuting distance on subjective well-being for employees under different work time regimes. The analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 2003–2021. The causal effect of commuting distance is identified by quasi-experimental changes for employees who experience firm relocation. Accounting for idiosyncratic unobserved effects, the results suggest that the loss in life satisfaction is about two and a half times higher for employees in non-flexible work arrangements than for those in a flexible work regime.

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放轻松！弹性工作制如何破坏通勤生活满意度关系

通勤上班会对人们的幸福感产生负面影响。本文分析了上下班距离对不同工作时间制度下员工主观幸福感的影响。该分析基于德国社会经济小组（GSOEP） 2003-2021年的数据。通勤距离的因果效应是通过准实验的变化来确定的。考虑到特殊的未观察到的影响，结果表明，非弹性工作安排的员工的生活满意度损失大约是弹性工作制度员工的2.5倍。

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Bulletin of Economic Research ECONOMICS-

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