The timing of work in a general equilibrium model with shiftwork

Antonio García Sánchez and María del Mar Vázquez Méndez
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Antonio García Sánchez: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
María del Mar Vázquez Méndez: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Investigaciones Economicas, 2005, vol. 29, issue 1, 149-179

Abstract: This paper presents a model in which the work schedule results from the equilibrium between the firm’s decision and workers’ preferences. A technology which organises the inputs in shifts has been considered for this objective, and the workers’ preferences are defined over the different feasible work-days. In this context, the treatment given to the concepts of shiftwork and workday are key innovations. The existence or not of capital constraints, the "fatigue" effect, and the preferences regarding leisure determine the amount of inputs utilized as well as the timing of work.

Keywords: Capital utilization; general equilibrium; shiftwork; work schedule (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 E24 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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