Year: 2000
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Significant numbers of employees work more hours in the workplace than their contract \nstipulates. Such overtime work can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers \novertime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the quantitative significance of \nboth paid and unpaid overtime is greater in the UK. Empirical work is based on the UK \nLabour Force Survey and the German Socio-Economic Panel in 1993. Overtime influences \nthe effective average hourly wage positively in the case where overtime is paid at premium \nrates and negatively where such hours are not remunerated. We demonstrate via Mincer \nwage growth equations that accounting for unpaid work leads to revised estimates of \nexperience and tenure both within and between the two countries. We estimate overtime \nhours equations, using these to test several of our theories that might explain the apparent \nirrationality of unpaid work.
Source: Econstor (Econstor)
Authors: Hübler, Olaf, Hart, Robert A., Bell, David N.F., Schwerdt, Wolfgang
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3122921616