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working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into … sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms of working-time flexibility reduce the length of workers’ breaks. For … part-time work, these positive effects are globally counterbalanced. Yet arrangements that allow workers to decide when to …
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Does removing the constraints of time and place of work increase the utility of workers and firms? We design a … engages in flexible space and time job (which we call “smart-working”) one day per week for 9 months and a control group that …
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so if partners work in the same occupation or industry. At the same time, being work-linked may benefit their career …
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What are the effects of school and daycare facility closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parental well-being and parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative parenting behavior? To answer these questions, this study...
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panel data. We compare non-employed individuals after plant closures with employed people regarding both income and time use … as well as their subjective perceptions of these two factors. We find that the gain of non-working time translates into … higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …
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This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure because it influences work-life balance. Employing population register data on all births, marriages, and divorces together with employer-employee linked data for Denmark, we...
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Uneven family responsibilities are at the root of gender gaps. Using a new dataset covering all firm-level agreements signed in Spain between 2010 and 2018, we explore whether the presence of female worker representatives can facilitate the negotiation of family-friendly policies with...
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This study is the first to estimate mother's marginal willingness to pay (MWP) for job amenities directly. Its identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can decide whether and when to return to their guaranteed...
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dynamic labor demand function for the years 2000-2009 accounting for the degree of working time flexibility and the presence … hoarding, we also look at the determinants of subsidized labor hoarding through short-time work. The structural characteristics … hoarding but a positive effect on the use of short-time work. Firm covered by collective agreements hoard less labor overall …
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Status considerations with respect to consumption give rise to negative externalities because individuals do not take into account that their decisions affect the relative consumption position of others. Further, status concerns create incentives for excessive labour supply in competitive...
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