How Do Hours Worked Vary with Income? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications

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 hou...

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Published in:The American economic review 2018-01, Vol.108 (1), p.170-199
Main Authors: Bick, Alexander, Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola, Lagakos, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
2005
Adults
Developing countries
Economic theory
Educational attainment
Gender differences
Income
LDCs
Low income groups
Productivity
Wages & salaries
Welfare
Working hours
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