Multiple job holding in the United Kingdom: evidence from the Bristish household panel survey

Zhongmin Wu (), Mark Baimbridge and Yu Zhu

NBS Discussion Papers in Economics from Economics, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of multiple job holding in the United Kingdom. We address these issues using data from the first eleven waves of the British Household Panel Survey, which covered the period from 1991 to 2001. Evidence from the BHPS does not support the hypotheses of main job hours constrained and main job insecurity. We argue that the incentive for moonlighting in the United Kingdom is due to financial pressures and the desire for heterogeneous jobs. The empirical work is carried out separately for men and women.

Keywords: Moonlighting; Labour supply; Tobit model; Job satisfaction; the BHPS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02
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