Calendrier du 25 juin 2024
PSI-PSE (Petit Séminaire Informel de la Paris School of Economics) Seminar
Du 25/06/2024 de 17:00 à 18:00
R1-15
TURQUIER Rémi (PSE)
Research ideas on pandemic preparedness
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 25/06/2024 de 12:30 à 13:30
Salle R2-20
ROUX Baptiste (PSE)
In Search of Working Time ? Exploring the Structure of Hour Constraints
This paper focuses on the phenomenon of work hour constraints, i.e the inability for individuals to work their desired number of hours. Survey evidence indicates that a sizeable 32% of part-time workers and 18% of full-time workers would ideally work more hours at a given wage rate. While previous research has often portrayed these constraints as firm-level issues driven by organizational and productivity needs, there is limited understanding of the individual factors contributing to these constraints. Combining survey and administrative data in the case of France, I provide new individual-level evidence on the origins and consequences of hour constraints. First, I find that a majority of constrained workers are employed in jobs with heterogeneity in working hours, with some coworkers with some coworkers working their preferred schedules. This suggests that hour constraints are not solely due to firm-specific rigidities but also involve a worker-level bargaining dimension. Second, I study the relation between constraints and labor market transitions. I implement a machine learning approach to predict hour constraints in panel data and focus on transition outcomes. I find that a higher probability to be constrained from above is associated with more transitions, higher increases in hours worked, and no significant effect on hourly wages.