Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/141497 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9738
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the determinants of involuntary part-time employment, focusing on variation associated with the business cycle and variation attributable to more persistent structural features of the labor market. Our theoretical framework distinguishes between workers' decision to seek part-time work and employer demand for part-time work hours, emphasizing demand and supply determinants of involuntary part-time work such as workplace technology, labor costs, and workforce demographics. We conduct regression analyses using state-level panel and individual data for the years 2003-2014. The results show that the combination of cyclical variation and the influence of market-level factors can explain virtually all of the variation in the aggregate incidence of involuntary part-time employment since the Great Recession.
Subjects: 
part-time employment
business cycle
supply and demand
JEL: 
J22
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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