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Launov, Andrey - 2017

Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model of optimal choice of hours by a firm I show that...

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What makes employees satisfied with their working time? : the role of working hours, time-sovereignty and working conditions for working time and job satisfaction

Wanger, Susanne - 2017

Die Arbeitszeit und ihre Ausgestaltung sind Kernelemente von Arbeitsbedingungen und geben den Rahmen vor, der …/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung die Zufriedenheit von Beschäftigten mit ihrer Arbeitszeit und welche Bestimmungsfaktoren diese erhöht bzw. verschlechtert … über eine hohe individuelle Zeitsouveränität verfügen und die Lage ihrer Arbeitszeit beeinflussen und mitgestalten können …

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Arbeitszeiten und die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie : Ergebnisse der Beschäftigtenbefragung der IG Metall 2017

Allmendinger, Jutta; Haarbrücker, Julia - 2017

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Working time regulation, unequal lifetimes and fairness

Leroux, Marie-Louise; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2016

We examine the redistributive impact of working time regulations in an economy with unequal lifetimes. It is shown that uniform working time reductions, when uncompensated (i.e. constant hourly wage), can reduce inequalities in realized lifetime well-being between short-lived and long-lived...

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Why do Europeans work less than Americans? : public consumption and welfare benefits as a cause of the North-Atlantic divide

Hall, Axel; Gylfi Zoega - 2015

We propose an explanation of why Europeans choose to work fewer hours than Americans and also suffer higher rates of unemployment. Labor market regulations, unemployment benefits, and high levels of public consumption in many European countries reduce, ceteris paribus, the gains from being...

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Measuring hours worked in Germany : contents, data and methodological essentials of the IAB working time measurement concept

Wanger, Susanne; Weigand, Roland; Zapf, Ines - 2015

Der vorliegende Aufsatz stellt die IAB-Arbeitszeitrechnung vor, die die Arbeitszeit in Deutschland sowie deren einzelne … Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsvolumen bezüglich ihrer langfristigen Trends, ihres zyklischen Verhaltens, und ihrer Reaktion auf die …

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The long run and real effects of the working hours restriction : evidence from France

Middleditch, Paul - 2015

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Who profits from working-time accounts? : empirical evidence on the determinants of working-time accounts on the employers' and employees' side

Zapf, Ines - 2015

This study brings together results of the establishment and the individual level to get a better understanding of the use of working-time accounts in Germany. Using data from the Establishment Panel we first show that industrial relations factors, employment-contract characteristics and...

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Reduction of working time in Austria : a mixed methods study relating a new work time policy to employee preferences

Gerold, Stefanie; Nocker, Matthias - 2015

This mixed-methods study examines factors determining employees' desire to reduce worktime. The results of a binary logit regression model, based on data from the Austrian Microcencus 2012, suggest that employees who prefer shorter weekly working hours are older, higher educated and work longer...

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Working time, satisfaction and work life balance : a European perspective

Humpert, Stephan - 2014

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...

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