The timing of work: which days, what time of day?

Daniel Hamermesh

World of Labour, 2026, No 526, 526

Abstract: Work on different days of the week is not equally desirable to workers. The same is true for work performed at different times of the day. Undesirable work times are more common among less educated workers, young and quite old workers, minorities, and immigrants. There are substantial cross-country differences in patterns of work timing, with work in lower-income countries distributed more evenly across the week. Policies to affect the timing of work are few, but they do alter outcomes.

Keywords: labour supply; work timing; compensating wage differences; demographic effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J18 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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