Anger, Silke - In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy 55 (2008) 2, pp. 167-189
This paper provides an explanation for the empirically proven relationship between overtime and future benefits. We … suggest an internal signaling model, in which a worker signals his value to the employer by supplying unpaid overtime. In our … empirical analysis, we examine whether overtime has in fact a signaling component. Variations in collectively bargained hours …