This paper estimates the effect of overwork and underwork in husband's undergraduate degree field on the labor market outcomes of skilled married women using 2009-2015 ACS data. Overwork and underwork by degree field, respectively, are measured as the fraction of prime-aged men reporting 50 or...

In allen europäischen Ländern verändern sich gegenwärtig die Arbeitszeitstrukturen. Jede Analyse gleicht einer Momentaufnahme eines sich bewegenden Objekts. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde daher versucht, nicht nur die aktuelle Situation zu beschreiben, sondern auch die Triebkräfte für...

This paper proposes a theory of why the state enacted social policy that regulated the length of the working day in 19th century industrial England. This paper will argue that, far from being capable of self-regulation, the capitalist labor market during Britain’s industrial revolution is best...