Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305542 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11300
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We study heterogeneity in the prevalence of and preferences for workplace flexibility and work meaning. We show that, internationally, women and parents value flexibility more but do not work more flexible jobs. The gender dimension of this flexibility puzzle is related to differences in meaningful work, which women value higher and sort into, at a significant price corresponding to 20 to 70% less flexibility. The parental dimension is connected to preferences for meaning and flexibility diverging after childbirth. We show through counterfactuals that making meaningful jobs more flexible reduces the gender gap in total compensation by almost a quarter.
Subjects: 
work meaning
workplace flexibility
gender
inequality
choice experiment
JEL: 
D91
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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