HILDA: Rising commute times destroying quality of life

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The 2019 Household Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) report has been released, which shows that people are taking longer to get to work than at any point since 2002 and this is adversely affecting community wellbeing, especially among lower income earners:

Lengthy commutes have repeatedly been shown to be associated with reduced worker wellbeing and negative family outcomes…

Table 4.7 presents information on how weekly and daily commuting times have developed in Australia over the 2002 to 2017 period, reporting values for every third year…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.