The demand for leisure time in the presence of constrained work hours |
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| Authors: | PM Feather WD Shaw |
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| Affiliation: | USDA Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, DC, USA Phone 1 202 694 5608 Fax: 1 202 694 5756 E-mail:;Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA Phone: 1 702 784 6785 Fax: 1 702 784 1342 E-mail: |
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| Abstract: | This article presents a labor supply model designed to address situations of overemployment or underemployment in the labor market. Previous labor supply models have taken the possibility of work hour constraints into consideration but typically assumed that the existence of fixed work hours only influenced the decision of labor force participation. This ignores situations in which individuals choose to be employed at fixed-hour jobs even though these jobs do not offer the desired work hours. |
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