This paper analyses gender-specific differences in working time mismatches by using three different measures for representing satisfaction and work life balance. Results show that, while male satisfaction with life or work is in general not affected by working for more or less hours, over-time...

Using three different measures for satisfaction, I investigate gender-specific differences in working time mismatch. While male satisfaction with life or job is slightly not effected by working more or less hours, only over-time lowers male work life balance significantly. Women are more...

1. Introduction : emergence of variable time norms -- 2. Market time : the need to widen the scope of inquiry on work -- 3. Market time in France -- 4. Market time in Germany : the case of four-day week at Volkswagen -- 5. General conclusions.

Since April 2007 working hours of truck drivers in the European Union must comply with regulation (EC) No 561/2006. According to the new regulation, transport companies must organise the work of drivers in a way that drivers are able to comply with the regulation and can be made liable for...