Arbeitspapier
The Shift Premium: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
Shift work is a widespread but understudied phenomenon. This paper examines one specific aspect of shift work: the shift premium. To this end, we included a discrete choice experiment in an online survey targeted at night and shift workers. Respondents chose between a standard 9 am - 5 pm job paying €15 per hour and a job with shift work in which the wage randomly varied between €12 and €20. The results show that respondents demand sizeable shift premiums to prefer shift over daytime work, with higher premiums for more onerous working hours such as night shifts or rotating shifts. We observe substantial heterogeneity in the shift premium across respondents and provide suggestive evidence of labour market sorting.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16460
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
- Thema
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shift work
shift premium
Willingness to Pay
discrete choice experiment
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Desiere, Sam
Walter, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Desiere, Sam
- Walter, Christian
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023