Start Time and Worker Compensation: Implications for Staggered-Hours Programs

There is little known about the effects of staggered-hours programs that affect workers' working schedules to mitigate peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers' morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to previous work based on cross-section data, we demonstrate that wages are not, or maybe, a slight inverse U-shaped function of start time suggesting that staggered-hours programs might be welfare enhancing.

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Year of publication:	2010-07-22
Authors:	Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva ; Ommeren, Jos N. van
Institutions:	Tinbergen Institute
Subject:	Commuting \| start time \| wages \| staggered hours \| peak congestion

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Number 10-073/3
Classification:	R48 - Government Pricing; Regulatory Policies
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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