Start time and worker compensation : implications for staggered-hours programs

Eva Gutiérrez-i-Puigarnau; Jos N. van Ommeren

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 may be, 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
Authors:	Gutiérrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva ; Ommeren, Jos van
Publisher:	Berlin : DIW
Subject:	Work start time \| wage \| productivity \| staggered work hours \| congestion \| Arbeitszeitgestaltung \| Working time arrangement \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Lohnniveau \| Wage level \| Engpass \| Bottleneck \| Deutschland \| Germany \| 2004-2008

Extent:	Online-Ressource (21 S., 0,87 MB) graph. Darst.
Series:	SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research / German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin. - Berlin : DIW, ISSN 1864-6689, ZDB-ID 2403710-2. - Vol. 310
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Endgültige Fassung erscheint 2012 im Journal of transport economics and policy Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/150855 [Handle]
Classification:	J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; R41 - Transportation: Demand; Supply; Congestion; Safety and Accidents
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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