Working Long Hours and Early Career Outcomes in the High-End Labor Market.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dora Gicheva, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study establishes empirically a positive but nonlinear relationship
between weekly hours and hourly wage growth. For workers
who put in over 47 hours per week, 5 extra hours are associated
with a 1% increase in annual wage growth. This correlation is not
present when hours are lower. The relationship is especially strong
for young professionals. Data on promotions provide evidence in
support of a job-ladder model that combines higher skill sensitivity
of output in higher-level jobs with heterogeneous preferences for
leisure. The results can be used to account for part of the gender
wage gap.
Working Long Hours and Early Career Outcomes in the High-End Labor Market.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Labor Economics, 31(4), 785-824
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- economics, labor economics, working hours, career outcomes, early careers, high end labor market, weekly working hours, hourly wage growth