The Timing of labor demand
| Contribuinte(s) |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica |
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| Data(s) |
16/12/2008
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| Resumo |
We examine the timing of firms' operations in a formal model of labor demand. Merging a variety of data sets from Portugal from 1995-2004, we describe temporal patterns of firms' demand for labor and estimate production-functions and relative labor-demand equations. The results demonstrate the existence of substitution of employment across times of the day/week and show that legislated penalties for work at irregular hours induce firms to alter their operating schedules. The results suggest a role for such penalties in an unregulated labor market, such as the United States, in which unusually large fractions of work are performed at night and on weekends. |
| Formato |
36 243081 bytes application/pdf |
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| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Relação |
Working papers; 759.08 |
| Direitos |
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| Palavras-Chave | #Mercat de treball |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
