TY - UNPB
T1 - How does working-time flexibility affect workers’ productivity in a routine job?
T2 - Evidence from a field experiment
AU - Boltz, Marie
AU - Cockx, Bart
AU - Diaz, Ana Maria
AU - Salas, Luz Magdalena
PY - 2020/10/29
Y1 - 2020/10/29
N2 - We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms of working-time flexibility reduce the length of workers’ breaks. For part-time work, these positive effects are globally counterbalanced. Yet arrangements that allow workers to decide when to start and stop working increase global productivity by as much as 50 percent, 40 percent of which is induced by sorting.
AB - We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms of working-time flexibility reduce the length of workers’ breaks. For part-time work, these positive effects are globally counterbalanced. Yet arrangements that allow workers to decide when to start and stop working increase global productivity by as much as 50 percent, 40 percent of which is induced by sorting.
KW - flexible work arrangements
KW - part-time work
KW - productivity
KW - labor market flexibility
KW - work–life balance
U2 - 10.26481/umaror.2020010
DO - 10.26481/umaror.2020010
M3 - Working paper
T3 - ROA Research Memoranda
BT - How does working-time flexibility affect workers’ productivity in a routine job?
PB - ROA
CY - Maastricht
ER -