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Title:
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The Timing of labor demand
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Author:
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Cardoso, Ana R.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Varejão, José
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Other authors:
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica; Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica |
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Resum:
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We examine the timing of firms' operations in a formal model of labor demand. Merging a variety of data sets from Portugal from 1995-2004, we describe temporal patterns of firms' demand for labor and estimate production-functions and relative labor-demand equations. The results demonstrate the existence of substitution of employment across times of the day/week and show that legislated penalties for work at irregular hours induce firms to alter their operating schedules. The results suggest a role for such penalties in an unregulated labor market, such as the United States, in which unusually large fractions of work are performed at night and on weekends. |
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Publication date:
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2008-12-16 |
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Subject(s):
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Mercat de treball |
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Rights:
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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