Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Inés Berniell
Author-Name-First: Inés
Author-Name-Last: Berniell
Author-Name:  Jan Bietenbeck
Author-Name-First: Jan
Author-Name-Last: Bietenbeck
Title: The E↵ect of Working Hours on Health
Abstract:  Does working time a↵ect workers’ health? We study this question in the context of a French reform which reduced the standard workweek from 39 to 35 hours, at constant earnings. Our empirical analysis exploits arguably exogenous variation in the reduction of working time across employers, which was driven by the institutional features of the reform. We find that shorter working hours reduce smoking and increase self-reported health, and that these impacts are concentrated among blue-collar workers. In contrast, white-collar workers’ body mass index decreases with reduced working time.
Length:  31 pages
Creation-Date:  2019-11
File-URL: https://aaep.org.ar/works/works2019/berniell.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 4210
Classification-JEL: I10, I12
Keywords: working hours, health, smoking, BMI
Handle: RePEc:aep:anales:4210