Arbeitspapier
Conspicuous Work: Peer Working Time, Labour Supply and Happiness for Male Workers
This paper uncovers 'conspicuous work' as a new form of status seeking that can explain social interactions in labour supply. We analyse how peer working time relates to both labour supply and happiness for Dutch male workers. Using a unique measure of peer weekly working time, we find that men's working time increases with that of their peers and that peer working time is negatively related to men's happiness. These findings are consistent with a 'conspicuous work' model, in which individuals derive status from working time.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9011
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
General Welfare; Well-Being
Externalities
- Subject
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well-being
social norms
working hours
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Collewet, Marion
de Grip, Andries
de Koning, Jaap
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Collewet, Marion
- de Grip, Andries
- de Koning, Jaap
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2015
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