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Conspicuous work: peer working time, labour supply, and happiness

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  • Martion COLLEWET
  • Andries de GRIP
  • Jaap de KONING

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While spillovers among peers in effort and productivity have been studied thoroughly, little is known about peer effects in working time. In this paper, we relate a unique measure of peer weekly working time from a Dutch panel to men’s working time and to their happiness, in order to find out how peer working time enters men’s utility function. We find that men’s working time increases with that of their peers, and that men’s happiness is negatively related to peer working time. Our findings are consistent with a ‘conspicuous work’ model, in which working time is a source of status. The paper therefore provides evidence of a new form of status seeking that can drive peer effects in working time.
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  • Martion COLLEWET & Andries de GRIP & Jaap de KONING, 2017. "Conspicuous work: peer working time, labour supply, and happiness," LIDAM Reprints CORE 2893, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:2893
    Note: In : Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 68, 79-90, 2017
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    1. van Hoorn, André, 2018. "Is the happiness approach to measuring preferences valid?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 53-65.
    2. Bucciol, Alessandro & Burro, Giovanni, 2022. "Is there a happiness premium for working in the public sector? Evidence from Italy," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    3. Ángel L. Martín‐Román & Jaime Cuéllar‐Martín & Alfonso Moral, 2020. "Labor supply and the business cycle: The “bandwagon worker effect”," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(6), pages 1607-1642, December.
    4. Christian Ghiglino & Nicole Tabasso, 2024. "Endogenous Identity in a Social Network," Papers 2406.10972, arXiv.org.

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