TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bell, David N.F.
AU  - Otterbach, Steffen
AU  - Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
        TI  - Work Hours Constraints and Health
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6126
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6126
        AB  - The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important not only at the individual level but also for governmental formation of work time policy. Our study investigates this question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in Germany and the United Kingdom. Based on nationally representative longitudinal data, our results show that work-hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired hours) have negative effects on workers’ health. In particular, we show that “overemployment” – working more hours than desired – has negative effects on different measures of self-perceived health.
        KW  - Germany
KW  - health
KW  - hours constraints
KW  - work time
KW  - United Kingdom
        ER  -