%0 Report
        %A Andrews, Martyn J.
%A Gerner, Hans-Dieter
%A Schank, Thorsten
%A Upward, Richard
        %T More Hours, More Jobs? The Employment Effects of Longer Working Hours
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6652
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6652
        %X 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.
        %K plant-level data
%K employment
%K working time
%K difference-in-differences