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References for The timing of work: which days, what time of day?
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Further reading
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Key references
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Hamermesh, D.S., and Biddle, J. E. “Days of work over a half century: The rise of the four-day workweek.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 78:1 (2025): 37-61. Key reference: [1]
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Biddle, J. E., and Hamermesh, D. S. “The twenty-four-hour economy or rolled-up sidewalks: Trends in work timing and their causes.” National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 34732 (2026). Key reference: [2]
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Kostiuk, P. “Compensating differentials for shift work.” Journal of Political Economy 98:5 (1990): 1054-75. Key reference: [3]
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Maestas, M., Mullen, K., Powell, D., von Wachter, T. and Wenger, J. “The value of working conditions in the United States and implications for the structure of wages.” American Economic Review 113:7 (2023): 2007-47. Key reference: [4]
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Rapoport, B., and Le Bourdais, C. “Parental time and working schedules.” Journal of Population Economics 21:4 (2008): 903-32. Key reference: [5]
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Hamermesh, D. S., Myers, C. K., and Pocock, M. L. “Cues for timing and coordination: Latitude, Letterman, and longitude.” Journal of Labor Economics 26:2 (2008): 223-46. Key reference: [6]
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Chen, M. K., Chevalier, J., Rossi, P., and Oehlsen. E. “The value of flexible work.” Journal of Political Economy 127:6 (2019): 2735-94. Key reference: [7]
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Adams, A., Balgova, M., Qian, M., and Waters, T. “Firm concentration and job design: The case of schedule flexible work arrangements.” Review of Economics and Statistics (2023). Key reference: [8]
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Aksoy, C. G., Barrero, J. M., Bloom, N., Davis, S. J., Dolls, M., and Zarate, P. “Working from home around the world.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2022): 281-330. Key reference: [9]
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Bloom, N., Han, R., and Liang, J. “How hybrid working from home works out.” NBER Working Paper No. 30292 (2023). Key reference: [10]
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Campbell, T. “The four-day work week: A chronological, systematic review of the academic literature.” Management Review Quarterly 74 (2024): 1791-807. Key reference: [11]
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Kwon, C., and Raman, A. “The real effects of fair workweek laws on work schedules: Evidence from Los Angeles” Management Science (2026). Key reference: [12]
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Hamermesh, D. S., and Trejo, S. J. “The demand for hours of labor: Direct evidence from California.” Review of Economics and Statistics 82:1 (2000): 38-47. Key reference: [13]
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Jacobson, J. P., and Kooreman, P. “Timing constraints and the allocation of time: The effects of changing shopping hours regulations in The Netherlands.” European Economic Review 49 (2005): 9-27. Key reference: [14]
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Markey, R., and O’Brien, M. “Analysing the employment impact of Sunday wage premiums reductions: Implications for minimum wage research.” Journal of Industrial Relations 63:5 (2021): 728-52. Key reference: [15]
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Hamermesh, D.S., and Biddle, J. E. “Days of work over a half century: The rise of the four-day workweek.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 78:1 (2025): 37-61.
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Additional References
- Ananat, E.O., Gassman-Pines, A., and Fitz-Henley, J. A. “The effects of the Emeryville fair workweek ordinance on the daily lives of low-wage workers and their families.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 8:5 (2022): 45-66.
- Bryan, M., and Sevilla, A. “Flexible working in the UK and its impact on couples’ time coordination.” Review of the Economics of the Household 15 (2017) 1415-37.
- Buckman, S. R., Barrero, J. M., Bloom, N., and Davis, S. J. “Measuring work from home.” NBER Working Paper No. 33508 (2025).
- Cardoso, A. R., Hamermesh, D. S., and Varejão, J. “The timing of labor demand.” Annals of Economics and Statistics 105/106 (2012)
- Connolly, M. 2008. “Here comes the rain again: Weather and the intertemporal substitution of leisure.” Journal of Labor Economics 26:1 (2008): 73–100.
- Cosaert, S., Nieto, A., and Tatsiramos, K. “Temperature and the timing of work.” CESifo Working Paper No. 10681 (2023).
- Georges-Kot, S., Goux, D., and Maurin, E. “The value of leisure synchronizations.” American Economic Journal: Applied 16:1 (2024): 351-76.
- Hallberg, D. 2003. “Synchronous leisure, jointness, and household labor supply.” Labour Economics 10:2 (2003): 185–203.
- Hamermesh, D. S. “When we work.” American Economic Review 88:2 (1998): 321-5.
- Hamermesh, D. S. “Crime and the timing of work.” Journal of Urban Economics 45:2 (1999): 311:30.
- Hamermesh, D. S. “Timing, togetherness, and time windfalls." Journal of Population Economics 15:4 (2002): 601–23.
- Henly, J. R., and Lambert, S. J., “Unpredictable work timing in retail jobs: Implications for employee work–life conflict.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 67:3 (2014): 986-1016.
- Mas, A., and Pallais, A. “Valuing alternative work arrangements.” American Economic Review 107:12 (2017): 3722-3759.
- Mullens, F., and Glorieux, I. “Reducing working hours: Shorter days or fewer days per week? Insights from a 30-hour workweek experiment.” Cambridge Journal of Economics 48:1 (2024):41-68.
- Schneider, D., and Harknett, K. “Consequences of routine work-schedule instability for worker health and well-being.” American Sociological Review 84 (2019): 82–114.