Working time in Great Britain, 1975-1994: Evidence from the new earnings survey panel data

Citation

Bell D & Hart RA (1998) Working time in Great Britain, 1975-1994: Evidence from the new earnings survey panel data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, 161 (3), pp. 327-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-985X.00112

Abstract
Using individual-based panel data from the New Earnings Survey, this paper provides a detailed analysis of the working time behaviour of British full-time male and female workers as well as part-time female workers. We investigate the following: male-female differences in basic and overtime working patterns; extensive overtime working; age-related patterns of weekly basic and overtime hours; the effects of collective bargaining on hours of work; industrial, public-private sector and occupational breakdowns of basic and total hours. The results for the last three topics are based on estimates from fixed effect regressions with time-varying parameters.

Keywords
Hours of work; New Earnings Survey; Overtime working; Regression; Sex differences; Time-varying fixed effects estimator

Journal
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A: Volume 161, Issue 3