Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2009. (Working paper series in economics; No. 152).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Effective working hours and wages
T2 - the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
N1 - Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://www.leuphana.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Forschungseinrichtungen/ifvwl/WorkingPapers/wp_152_Upload.pdf
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper compares contractual with effective working hours and wages, respectively. Effective working hours are defined as contractual working hours minus absent working hours. This approach takes into account workers' downward adjustment of working time via paid absenteeism if working time constraints are present, which induce workers to accept contracts with larger than their optimal choice of working hours. A German personnel data set, which contains precise information on wages as well as working and absence hours, is used to assess the impact of such downward adjustment on wage inequality and wage differentials (gender, schooling, age).
AB - This paper compares contractual with effective working hours and wages, respectively. Effective working hours are defined as contractual working hours minus absent working hours. This approach takes into account workers' downward adjustment of working time via paid absenteeism if working time constraints are present, which induce workers to accept contracts with larger than their optimal choice of working hours. A German personnel data set, which contains precise information on wages as well as working and absence hours, is used to assess the impact of such downward adjustment on wage inequality and wage differentials (gender, schooling, age).
KW - Economics
KW - absenteeism
KW - earnings
KW - inequality
KW - wage differentials
KW - workings hours
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Working paper series in economics
BT - Effective working hours and wages
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -