Impact of Working Hours on Work-Life Balance

Sarah Holly and Alwine Mohnen

No 465, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: To examine the influence of working hours on employees' satisfaction, this article uses a large, representative set of panel data from German households (GSOEP). The results show that high working hours and overtime in general do not lead to decreased satisfaction. Rather, increasing working hours and overtime have positive effects on life and job satisfaction, whereas the desire to reduce working hours has a negative impact on satisfaction. In 2009, nearly 60% of employees wanted to reduce their working hours. The overall number of hours by which employees want to reduce their working time is driven mainly by overtime compensation.

Keywords: Satisfaction; overtime; work¿life balance; working hours; working time arrangements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J28 J81 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 p.
Date: 2012
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