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Not working at work : loafing, unemployment and labor productivity
Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie R.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015
-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While the average time spent by workers in non …-work conditional on any positive non-work rises with the unemployment rate, the fraction of workers who report time in non-work varies … amounts of non-work with wage rates and measures of unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS, and it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280688
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Not working at work : loafing, unemployment and labor productivity
Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015
-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While the average time spent by workers in non …-work conditional on any positive non-work rises with the unemployment rate, the fraction of workers who report time in non-work varies … amounts of non-work with wage rates and measures of unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS, and it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296782
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Not Working at Work : Loafing, Unemployment and Labor Productivity
Burda, Michael C. - 2015
-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While the average time spent by workers in non …-work conditional on any positive non-work rises with the unemployment rate, the fraction of workers who report time in non-work varies … amounts of non-work with wage rates and measures of unemployment benefits in state data linked to the ATUS, and it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016402
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The distribution of total work in the EU and US
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2006
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production)-- there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359291
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Social security contributions and the business cycle
Almosova, Anna; Burda, Michael C.; Voigts, Simon - 2017
This paper examines magnitudes and business cycle dynamics of social security contributions (SSC). In most OECD countries studied, we document a negative covariation of payroll tax burdens with GDP and GDP growth at business cycle and lower frequencies. We assess the overall magnitude of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011701115
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The Distribution of Total Work in the EU and Us
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - 2021
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production) - there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317461
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Complementarity of labor market institutions, equilibrium unemployment and the persistence of business cycles
Burda, Michael C.; Weder, Mark - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001404964
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Not working at work : loafing, unemployment and labor productivity
Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie R.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434789
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Non-work at work, unemployment and labor productivity
Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie R.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708373
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Complementarity of labor market institutions, equilibrium unemployment and the propagation of business cycles
Burda, Michael C.; Weder, Mark - 2001
This paper evaluates complementarities of labor market institutions and the business cycle in the context of a … production. Furthermore, labor market institutions act in a complementary fashion in generating these effects. -- Business Cycles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614292