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Working Time as an Investment? The Effects of Unpaid Overtime on Wages, Promotions, and Layoffs

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dc.creator Anger, Silke
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:59:42Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:59:42Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18386
dc.identifier ppn:505102005
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18386
dc.description Whereas the number of paid overtime hours declined over the last two decades in Germany, a different trend can be observed for unpaid overtime. We analyze future consequences of unpaid work with respect to a worker?s career advancement, such as higher future wages and probabilities of promotion or job retention, which might help to explain why an increasing fraction of employees are working extra hours for free. Data from the SOEP for the years 1993 to 2004 are used to examine whether working a higher number of unpaid extra hours involves a higher probability of promotion and excess earnings growth, and a lower probability of layoff in subsequent years. The pooled, random effects, and fixed effects logit estimates reveal limited evidence for the investment character of unpaid overtime hours with respect to future wage growth and promotions. Moreover, unpaid extra hours do not help to prevent future layoffs, except for East German women. For West German men, unpaid overtime hours are positively associated with the risk of future dismissal.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 535
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J33
dc.subject J22
dc.subject J41
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Unpaid overtime
dc.subject promotion
dc.subject wage growth
dc.subject layoff
dc.subject labor supply
dc.title Working Time as an Investment? The Effects of Unpaid Overtime on Wages, Promotions, and Layoffs
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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