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| Titre : | Do working hours affect health? Evidence from statutory workweek regulations in Germany (2018) |
| Auteurs : | Kamila Cygan-Rehm ; Christoph Wunder ; European Association of Labour Economists 29th annual conference (21-23 September 2017; St.Gallen, Switzerland) |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 53, August 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 162-171 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ TEMPS DE TRAVAIL ; HORAIRE DE TRAVAIL ; SANTE AU TRAVAIL ; SECTEUR PUBLIC ; ALLEMAGNE |
| Résumé : | This study estimates the causal effect of working hours on health. We deal with the endogeneity of working hours through instrumental variables techniques. In particular, we exploit exogenous variation in working hours from statutory workweek regulations in the German public sector as an instrumental variable. Using panel data, we run two-stage least squares regressions controlling for individual-specific unobserved heterogeneity. We find adverse consequences of increasing working hours on subjective and several objective health measures. The effects are mainly driven by women and parents of minor children who generally face heavier constraints in organizing their workweek. (Source : revue) |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537118300502 |
