Arbeitspapier
Are working hours complements in production?
This paper uses Canadian matched employer-employee data to show that working hours are gross complements in production rather than perfect substitutes, as is typically assumed. We exploit within-establishment and individual-level variation in hours and wages to document novel evidence consistent with complementarities in hours worked. Next, we estimate an elasticity of substitution in working hours of 0.69 in the aggregate and between 0.52 and 1.04 at the industry level. We validate our estimates by showing that industries with higher elasticities exhibit greater flexibility in hours. Our findings have important implications for research on labor supply and the efficacy of policies that aim to influence it.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper ; No. 2022-47
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Macroeconomics: Production
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Labor Demand
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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Labour markets
Economic models
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Shao, Lin
Sohail, Faisal
Yurdagul, Emircan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Bank of Canada
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Ottawa
- (wann)
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2022
- DOI
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doi:10.34989/swp-2022-47
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Shao, Lin
- Sohail, Faisal
- Yurdagul, Emircan
- Bank of Canada
Entstanden
- 2022
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