The Effect of Working Hours on Health

Autores
Berniell, Inés; Bietenbeck, Jan
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
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versión enviada
Descripción
Does working time affect workers' health behavior and health? We study this question in the context of a French reform that reduced the standard workweek from 39 to 35 hours, at constant earnings. Our empirical analysis exploits arguably exogenous variation in the reduction of working time across employers due to the reform. We find that the shorter workweek reduced smoking by six percentage points, corresponding to 16% of the baseline mean. The reform also appears to have lowered BMI and increased self-reported health, but these effects are imprecisely estimated in the overall sample. A heterogeneity analysis provides suggestive evidence that while the impact on smoking was concentrated among blue-collar workers, body mass index decreased only among white-collar workers. These results suggest that policies which reduce working time could potentially lead to important health benefits.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Materia
Economía
Working Hours
Health
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title The Effect of Working Hours on Health
spellingShingle The Effect of Working Hours on Health
Berniell, Inés
Economía
Working Hours
Health
title_short The Effect of Working Hours on Health
title_full The Effect of Working Hours on Health
title_fullStr The Effect of Working Hours on Health
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Working Hours on Health
title_sort The Effect of Working Hours on Health
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berniell, Inés
Bietenbeck, Jan
author Berniell, Inés
author_facet Berniell, Inés
Bietenbeck, Jan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía
Working Hours
Health
topic Economía
Working Hours
Health
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Does working time affect workers' health behavior and health? We study this question in the context of a French reform that reduced the standard workweek from 39 to 35 hours, at constant earnings. Our empirical analysis exploits arguably exogenous variation in the reduction of working time across employers due to the reform. We find that the shorter workweek reduced smoking by six percentage points, corresponding to 16% of the baseline mean. The reform also appears to have lowered BMI and increased self-reported health, but these effects are imprecisely estimated in the overall sample. A heterogeneity analysis provides suggestive evidence that while the impact on smoking was concentrated among blue-collar workers, body mass index decreased only among white-collar workers. These results suggest that policies which reduce working time could potentially lead to important health benefits.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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