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Living in rural areas and self-employment
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2022
areas, and this paper shows that workers in rural areas in Europe are more likely to be self-employed, despite more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821909
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Can US coordination failure explain why Americans work so much more than Europeans?
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2014
externality that is internalized in Europe through laws on the minimum amount of vacation time (and maximum hours of work … model and data on work time are used to obtain an estimate of the US welfare gain from reducing its work time to Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258175
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The gender gap in time allocation in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2020
This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on …-demographic characteristics and paid work is taken into account. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of gender gaps in Europe, helping to … focus recent debates on how to tackle inequality in Europe, and clarifying the factors that contribute to gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248993
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European vs. American hours worked : assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François (contributor);  … - 2008
Europeans have worked less than Americans since the 1970s. In this paper, we quantify the relative importance of the extensive and intensive margins of aggregate hours of market work on the observed differences. Our counterfactual exercises show that the two dimensions of the extensive margin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778864
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The effects of cooperation : a structural model of siblings' caregiving interactions
Knoef, Marike; Kooreman, Peter - 2011
This paper analyzes the decision making process of adult children to provide informal care to their parents. First, we develop a structural model to explain the amount of time that only children (without siblings) spend on providing care, taking into account opportunity costs in terms of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307469
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Hours worked in Europe and the US : new data, new answers
Bick, Alexander; Brüggemann, Bettina; … - 2016
Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528838
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Long workweeks and strange hours
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stancanelli, Elena G. F. - 2014
incidence of unusual work times in the U.S. would far exceed those in continental Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403659
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The employment effects of working time reductions : sector-level evidence from European reforms
Batut, Cyprien; Garnero, Andrea; Tondini, Alessandro - 2022
In this paper, we exploit a panel of industry-level data in European countries to study the economic impact of national reductions in usual weekly working hours between 1995 and 2007. Our identification strategy relies on the five national reforms that took place over this period and on initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373410
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The distribution of total work in the EU and US
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2006
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production)-- there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359291
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Working time mismatch and job satisfaction - the role of employees' time autonomy and gender
Grund, Christian; Tilkes, Katja Rebecca - 2021
Evidence shows that working time mismatch, i.e. the difference between actual and desired working hours, is negatively related to employees' job satisfaction. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the potential moderating effect of working time autonomy on this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624572