• Medientyp: E-Book; Bericht
  • Titel: Non-standard work: What's it worth? Comparing alternative measures of workers' marginal willingness to pay
  • Beteiligte: Geraci, Andrea [VerfasserIn]; Bryan, Mark L. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Colchester: University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), 2016
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Schlagwörter: J32 ; Job Duration ; Willingness to Pay ; Non-standard work ; J30 ; J28 ; Subjective Well-Being ; J60 ; Job Satisfaction
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  • Beschreibung: We compare two alternative ways of measuring workers' marginal willingness to pay (MWP) for four non-standard working arrangements: flexitime, part-time, night work, and rotating shifts. The first method is based on job-to-job transitions within a job search framework, while the second is based on estimating the determinants of subjective well-being. Using BHPS panel data from 1991-2008, we relate differences in the results to conceptual differences between utility and subjective wellbeing proposed recently in the happiness literature. We conclude that there is not a single representation of MWP: utility trade-offs (revealed by choices) need not be the same as wellbeing trade-offs; and we find evidence that subjective wellbeing is traded off against other goods that provide utility. Overall, we find that workers care particularly about their number of weekly hours.
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