Immigration and Work Schedules: Theory and Evidence

Timothy Bond, Osea Giuntella and Jakub Lonsky

No 13236, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We develop a theoretical framework to analyze the effects of immigration on native job amenities, focusing on work schedules. Immigrants have a comparative advantage in production at, and lower disamenity cost for nighttime work, which leads them to disproportionately choose nighttime employment. Because day and night tasks are imperfect substitutes, the relative price of day tasks increases as their supply becomes relatively more scarce. We provide empirical support for our theory. Native workers in local labor markets that experienced higher rates of immigration are more likely to work day shifts and receive a lower compensating differential for nighttime work.

Keywords: night shifts; working conditions; immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J31 J61 R13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2020-05
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Published - published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 152, 104358

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