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Antecedents of overtime work : the case of junior academics
Frei, Irina; Grund, Christian - 2017
Despite the ongoing public debate about precarious working conditions in academia, there is only little evidence on working hours and overtime work for the group of (non-tenured) junior academics. By using unique longitudinal survey data on the occupational situation and careers of doctoral...
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Vacation leave, work hours and wages : new evidence from linked employer-employee data
Fakih, Ali - 2014
wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the US, using individual level data, have revealed that annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408882
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Whose preferences are revealed in hours of work?
Pencavel, John H. - 2015
It has become orthodox in economics research to interpret the association between hourly earnings and working hours as the expression of the preferences of workers. This convention originated in H. Gregg Lewis' explanation for the decline in hours of work since the nineteenth century. His...
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Telework and time use
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2021
, wages, labor force participation, and well-being. Telework results in significant time savings for workers, as they reduce …
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Remote work, wages, and hours worked in the United States
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2023
higher wages than those working on-site, and the difference increased sharply during the pandemic. Real wages grew 4 …
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Do wages compensate for anticipated working time restrictions? : Evidence from seasonal employment in Austria
Del Bono, Emilia (contributor); Weber, Andrea (contributor) - 2006
In this paper we investigate the existence of compensating wage differentials across seasonal and non seasonal jobs, which arise due to anticipated working time restrictions. We build on a theoretical model by Abowd and Ashenfelter (1981), which links the compensating wage differential to...
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Assortative mating and female labor supply
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko - 2010
This paper investigates the pattern of wives' hours disaggregated by the husband's wage decile. In the US, this pattern has changed from downward-sloping to hump-shaped. We show that this development can be explained within a standard household model of labor supply when taking into account...
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Taxes, wages and working hours
Ericson, Peter; Flood, Lennart - 2011
This paper presents estimates of individuals' responses in hourly wages to changes in marginal tax rates. Estimates …
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Labour-market institutions and the dispersion of wage earnings
Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - 2014
Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find …
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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes
Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. We find that migraine headache is associated with a decrease in … wages. However, there is little evidence that migraine headache leads to reductions in labor force participation or hours … worked. We conclude that estimates of the cost of migraine headache to society should include its impact on wages …
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