Based on German individual-level panel data, this paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. Theoretically, workers may respond positively or negatively to having control over their own working hours, depending on whether SMWT increases work...

This study investigates whether working time accounts affect the performance of German establishments based on the Establishment Panel from the Institute for Employment Research. The major results are: productivity and investments are positively correlated with working time accounts. No...

Significant numbers of employees work more hours in the workplace than their contract stipulates. Such overtime work can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the quantitative significance of both paid and unpaid overtime is...

This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German establishments. Based on the representative German Establishment Panel of the Institute for Employment Research during the period 2008-2013, effects on productivity, wages, sales, firm size,...

Das IAB wurde im Rahmen der Beratung des Sozialausschusses des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags, zusammen mit dem Wirtschafts- und Finanzausschuss, um seine schriftliche Stellungnahme zu zwei Anträgen gebeten ("Home-Office steuerlich berücksichtigen" - Antrag der Abgeordneten des SSWund...

Das IAB wurde im Rahmen der Beratung des Sozialausschusses des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtags, zusammen mit dem Wirtschafts- und Finanzausschuss, um seine schriftliche Stellungnahme zu zwei Anträgen gebeten ("Home-Office steuerlich berücksichtigen" - Antrag der Abgeordneten des SSWund...