Abstract
This paper builds a new internationally comparable database of hours worked to measure how hours vary with income across and within countries. We document that average hours worked per adult are substantially higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. The pattern of decreasing hours with aggregate income holds for both men and women, for adults of all ages and education levels, and along both the extensive and intensive margin. Within countries, hours worked per worker are also decreasing in the individual wage for most countries, though in the richest countries, hours worked are flat or increasing in the wage. One implication of our fndings is that aggregate productivity and welfare differences across countries are larger than currently thought.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 170-199 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | American Economic Review |
Volume | 108 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
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Replication data for: How Do Hours Worked Vary with Income? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications
Bick, A. (Creator), Fuchs-Schündeln, N. (Creator) & Lagakos, D. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2018
DOI: 10.3886/e113113, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113113
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Replication data for: How Do Hours Worked Vary with Income? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications
Bick, A. (Creator), Fuchs-Schündeln, N. (Creator) & Lagakos, D. (Creator), ICPSR, 2018
DOI: 10.3886/e113113v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113113/version/V1/view
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