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Overtime Working in an Unregulated Labour Market

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Bell, David N. F. () (University of Stirling, Department of Economics)
Hart, Robert A. () (Department of Economics, University of Stirling)

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Abstract

Using individual-level data on male non-managerial workers from the 1996 British New Earnings Survey, we estimate overtime hours and average premium pay equations. Among other issues, four broad questions are of central importance. (a) What are the impacts of straight-time pay and hours on overtime pay and hours? (b) Is premium pay positively related to the length of weekly overtime? (c) What is the influence of collective bargaining coverage on overtime pay and hours? (d) Does overtime working serve significantly to alter wage earnings differentials between covered and uncovered workers? These and other issues are discussed comparatively in relation to unregulated British overtime working practices and to the United States were overtime is subject to mandatory rules.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 44.

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Keywords: Overtime; collective bargaining; labor market regulation;

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J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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    • Bell, David N F & Hart, Robert A, 1999. "Unpaid Work," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 66(262), pages 271-90, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Pannenberg, Markus & Wagner, Gert G., 2001. "Overtime Work, Overtime Compensation and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being Evidence for the West Germany and Great Britain," IZA Discussion Papers 318, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Petri Böckerman, 2002. "Overtime in Finland," Finnish Economic Papers, Finnish Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 36-54, Spring. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Giannelli, Gianna C. & Braschi, Cristina, 2002. "Reducing Hours of Work: Does Overtime Act as a Brake Upon Employment Growth? An Analysis by Gender for the Case of Italy," IZA Discussion Papers 557, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Mary Gregory & Adriaan S. Kalwij, 2000. "Overtime Hours in Great Britain Over the Period 1975-1999: A Panel Data Analysis," Economics Series Working Papers 027, University of Oxford, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Markus Pannenberg & Gert G. Wagner, 2001. "Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden: eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 234, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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