relationships among the standard hourly wage rate, hourly earnings (including overtime), the overtime premium, and the length of … overtime hours. They find that when overtime is accounted for, average hourly wage earnings are fairly uniform across firms in …

employment and unemployment. However, it can be seriously misleading to ignore the interrelated behavior of hours worked ….Work hours can be altered relatively speedily and flexibly, and this strongly relates to employment, labor productivity, and … unemployment outcomes. The hours–employment distinction is especially important in the evaluation of the performances of European …

The responses of working hours and employment levels to temporary negative demand shocks like those caused by the Great …