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Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the Atus
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stewart, Jay - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009704629
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Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the ATUS
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stewart, Jay … - 2013
We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both. The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009714529
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Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the ATUS
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stewart, Jay … - 2012
We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both. The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679523
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Cyclical variation in labor hours and productivity using the ATUS
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Stewart, Jay … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683380
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The economics of bank supervision
Eisenbach, Thomas M.; Lucca, David O.; Townsend, Robert M. - 2016
We study bank supervision by combining a theoretical model that distinguishes supervision from regulation and a novel dataset on work hours of Federal Reserve supervisors. We highlight the trade-offs between the benefits and costs of supervision and use the model to interpret the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442183
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Racial/ethnic differences in non-work at work
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Genadek, Katie R.; Burda, Michael C. - 2017
Evidence from the American Time Use Survey 2003-12 suggests the existence of small but statistically significant racial/ethnic differences in time spent not working at the workplace. Minorities, especially men, spend a greater fraction of their workdays not working than do white non-Hispanics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607370
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Keeping up with the Joneses : income comparisons and labour supply ; conference paper
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013 - Preliminary version August 07, 2013
We investigate whether working time is related to the intensity of income comparisons and relative income. Our simple theoretical model demonstrates that the effects of relative income concerns depend on whether an individual can choose contractual working hours and/or overtime. In the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337852
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Timing, fragmentation of work and income inequality : an earnings treatment effects approach
Merz, Joachim; Böhm, Paul; Burgert, Derik - 2005
tägliche Lage der Arbeitszeit und ihrer Fragmentierung - und seiner resultierenden Einkommensverteilung. Mit unserem Fokus auf …, die sich auf aggregierte Voll-und Teilzeitarbeit, wöchentliche Arbeitszeit, Arbeit am Wochenende, Lebensarbeitszeit etc …. beschränkt. Während der erste Teil unserer Studie die Verteilung der zeitlichen Lage und Fragmentierung der täglichen Arbeitszeit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358350
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Public provision, commodity demand and hours of work : an empirical analysis
Pirttilä, Jukka; Suoniemi, Ilpo - 2010
Atkinson and Stiglitz (Journal of Public Economics 1976) show that when the government has access to non-linear income taxation and consumer preferences are separable between consumption and leisure, there is no need for differentiated commodity taxation. This paper examines the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951573
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Honey, I’ll be working late tonight. : The effect of individual work routines on leisure time synchronization of couples
Scheffel, Juliane - 2010
German time use data for 2001/02 are used to assess the impact of workplace characteristics on the private life of couples. The major aim is to solve the endogeneity resulting from individual preferences for work and leisure to identify the pure effects of the workplace independent from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953003