Bossler, Mario; Oberfichtner, Michael - 2014
We provide difference-in-differences evidence from Germany on the effect of deregulating weekday shop opening hours on … employment in food retailing. Using data on the universe of German shops, we find that relaxing restrictions on business hours … increased employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an aggregate employment effect of 3 to 4 per cent. The effect was …