SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2005-032 Working Time as an Investment? – The Effects of Unpaid Overtime on Wages, Promotions and Layoffs Silke Anger* * Department of Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany This research was supported by the Deutsche...

Whereas the number of paid overtime hours declined over the last decade, a different trend can be observed for unpaid overtime work in Germany. We look at the future consequences for overtime workers, and therefore investigate the investment character of working time. We examine whether unpaid...

Whereas the number of paid overtime hours declined over the last two decades in Germany, a different trend can be observed for unpaid overtime. We analyze future consequences of unpaid work with respect to a worker's career advancement, such as higher future wages and probabilities of promotion...