@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp17162,
            	author={Biddle, Jeff E. and Hamermesh, Daniel S.},
            	title={Adjusting Labor along the Intensive MarginS},
            	year={2024},
	month={Jul},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={17162},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17162},
	abstract={We expand the analysis of cyclical changes in labor demand by decomposing changes along the intensive margin into those in days/week and in hours/day. Using large cross sections of U.S. data, 1985-2018, we observe around ¼ of the adjustment in weekly hours occurring through changing days/week. There is no adjustment of days/week in manufacturing; but 1/3 of the adjustment outside manufacturing occurs through days/week. The desirability of bunched leisure implies that secular shifts away from manufacturing have contributed to increasing economic welfare.},
	keywords={days;labor demand;work hours;recessions},
            }