"In this paper, we construct a simple model based on heterogeneity in workers' productivity and homogeneity in their working schedules. This simple model can generate unemployment, even if wages adjust instantaneously, firms are perfectly competitive, and firms can perfectly observe workers'...

We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply by exploiting the design of the French workweek reduction, which introduced exogenous variation in one's spouse's labor supply, at constant earnings. Treated employees work on average two hours less per week. Husbands of treated women respond by...

Die Studie erforscht die betrieblichen Realisierungsbedingungen von lebensphasenorientierten Arbeitszeiten. Den Beschäftigten in Deutschland stehen Arbeitszeitoptionen wie Teilzeit, Elternzeit und weitere Freistellungsregelungen zur Verfügung, um ihre Arbeitszeiten an verschiedene Bedarfe im...

Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem remarkably persistent. This paper documents long-run trends in female employment, working hours and relative wages for a wide...