Alternative Work Arrangements

Alexandre Mas and Amanda Pallais
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Amanda Pallais: Harvard University and NBER

Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: Alternative work arrangements, defined both by working conditions and by workers’ relationship to their employers, are heterogeneous and common in the U.S. This article reviews the literature on workers’ preferences over these arrangements, inputs to firms’ decision to offer them, and the impact of regulation. It also highlights several descriptive facts. Work arrangements have been relatively stable over the past 20 years, work conditions vary substantially with education, and jobs with schedule or location flexibility are less family-friendly on average. This last fact helps explain why women are not more likely to have schedule or location flexibility and seem to largely reduce hours to get more family-friendly arrangements.

Keywords: 2014; GSS; Quality; of; WorklifeSurvey; (QWS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J31 J80 L84 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-12
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