The Limitations of Overtime Limits to Reduce Long Working Hours: Evidence from the 2018-2021 Working Time Reform in Korea
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- Stéphane Carcillo & Alexander Hijzen & Stefan Thewissen, 2024. "The limitations of overtime limits to reduce long working hours: Evidence from the 2018 to 2021 working time reform in Korea," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 62(1), pages 98-126, March.
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Keywords
working time regulation; working hours; time use; labour legislation; overtime; reallocation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2023-05-01 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2023-05-01 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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