Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2010-07-22
Number: 10-073/3
Author-Name: Eva Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Author-Name: Jos N. van Ommeren
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Title: Start Time and Worker Compensation: Implications for Staggered-Hours Programs
Abstract: This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'Journal of Transport Economics and Policy' (2012), 46(2), 205-220.<P>

There is little known about the effects of staggered-hours programs that affect workers' working schedules to mitigate peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers' morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to previous work based on cross-section data, we demonstrate that wages are not, or maybe, a slight inverse U-shaped function of start time suggesting that staggered-hours programs might be welfare enhancing.
Classification-JEL: R48
Keywords: Commuting, start time, wages, staggered hours, peak congestion
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20100073