Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research
No 3/2017: Working Hours and Productivity
Marion Collewet and Jan Sauermann
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Marion Collewet: -, Postal: -
Jan Sauermann: Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Postal: SOFI, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: This paper studies the link between working hours and productivity using daily information on working hours and performance of a sample of call centre agents. We exploit variation in the number of hours worked by the same employee across days and weeks due to central scheduling, enabling us to estimate the effect of working hours on productivity. We find that as the number of hours worked increases, the average handling time for a call increases, meaning that agents become less productive. This result suggests that fatigue can play an important role, even in jobs with mostly part-time workers.
Keywords: working hours; productivity; output; labour demand
37 pages, April 7, 2017
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