@techreport{Andrews2012More,
abstract = {Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a substitution of workers by hours, there may also be a positive employment effect due to reduced costs. Moreover, the response of firms differs between firms which offer overtime and those which do not. For a panel of German plants (2001-2006), we analyse the effect of increased standard hours on employment. Using difference-in-difference methods we find that, consistent with theory, overtime plants showed a significant positive employment response, whilst for standard-time plants there is no difference at all between plants which increased standard hours and those which did not.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Martyn J. Andrews and Hans-Dieter Gerner and Thorsten Schank and Richard Upward},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C23; J23; J81; 330; working time; employment; plant-level data; difference-in-differences; Arbeitszeitgestaltung; \"{U}berstunden; Besch\"{a}ftigungseffekt; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {6652},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {More hours, more jobs? The employment effects of longer working hours},
type = {Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62443},
year = {2012}
}
