@techreport{Bauer1999Overtime,
abstract = {Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy
debate. One policy proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of
more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major problems. Using
Germany as a case study, it is shown that the group of workers with the highest risks of
becoming unemployed, namely the unskilled, also exhibit low levels of overtime work. Those
who work overtime, namely the skilled, face excess demand on the labour market. Since
skilled and unskilled workers are largely complements in production, a general reduction in
overtime will lead to less production and hence also to a decline in the level of unskilled
employment. The paper provides empirical support for this line of argument. It is also shown
that paid overtime work has lost relative importance over time.},
author = {Thomas K. Bauer and Klaus F. Zimmermann},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J33; J23; J22; 330; Hours of work; overtime working; overtime compensation},
language = {eng},
number = {48},
title = {Overtime Work and Overtime Compensation in Germany},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20885},
year = {1999}
}
