Part-time hours and wages

Ana I. Moro Egido (), Joaquín Naval Navarro and Jose I. Silva ()
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Ana I. Moro Egido: Department of Economic Theory and Economic History, University of Granada.
Jose I. Silva: Universidad de Girona.
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ana Isabel Moro-Egido

No 23/06, ThE Papers from Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.

Abstract: This paper studies the non-linear relationship between part-time hours and wages in 10 European Union countries. We use the harmonized 2018 Structure of Earnings Survey, that provides comparable microdata on the link between the level of earnings and paid hours. We empirically assess the relevance of the relationship correcting for self-selection and endogeneity. We show the presence of two effects going in opposite directions. First, a part-time wage premium due to the presence of decreasing returns in the production function. Second, a wage penalty due to the presence of coordination costs that arises when a part-time worker deviates from the usual hours worked in the firm. We also show that the unexplained part-time wage penalty is considerably affected by the hours-wage relationship.

Keywords: Hours-wage relationship; full-time equivalent; coordination costs; fixed labor costs. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 J31 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2023-06-15
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