Understanding Unworked Time in Spain

Pilar Rey del Castillo

No 11604, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: This paper explores the evolution of non-working time in Spain over recent years by analysing the results of two surveys conducted by the National Statistics Institute: the Quarterly Survey on Labor Costs and the Labor Force Survey. Using time series models and intervention analysis, potential reasons for the discrepancies between the two surveys are identified and a procedure is proposed to "reconcile" their results. Furthermore, the most notable change found in the behavior of non-working hours has been an increase of around 2% from the second quarter of 2019 as a result of the entry into force of a legal reform that implemented the mandatory recording of working time.

Keywords: labor cost survey; labor force survey; time series; ARIMA models; intervention analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C81 C83 J21 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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