This paper examines the occurrence of upward distorsions on working-hours caused by the existence of multiplicative effects in the production process. Multiplicative effects are mainly associated with managerial positions but, more generally, with jobs involving multiple tasks or affecting the...

The aim of this research is to analyse the wage differentials between various groups of immigrants and the Swiss workers.

In the present paper, we analyse the role of demand factors on wages and hours in Switzerland. To accomplish this task, we used the 1996 Swiss Wage Structure Survey, a large employee-employer survey. As in many other developed economies, inter-industry wage differentials are great, whether or...

In this paper we analyse the labour supply in a static framework, examining the two basic components of labour services, effort and working time. We discuss how the method chosen by firms to extract effort from the workers affects the relationship between the hourly wage offered and the number...