TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Andrews, Martyn J.
AU  - Gerner, Hans-Dieter
AU  - Schank, Thorsten
AU  - Upward, Richard
        TI  - More Hours, More Jobs? The Employment Effects of Longer Working Hours
        PY  - 2012/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6652
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6652
        AB  - Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a substitution of workers by hours, there may also be a positive employment effect due to reduced costs. Moreover, the response of firms differs between firms which offer overtime and those which do not. For a panel of German plants (2001-2006), we analyse the effect of increased standard hours on employment. Using difference-in-difference methods we find that, consistent with theory, overtime plants showed a significant positive employment response, whilst for standard-time plants there is no difference at all between plants which increased standard hours and those which did not.
        KW  - plant-level data
KW  - employment
KW  - working time
KW  - difference-in-differences
        ER  -