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US hours at work

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  • Cociuba, Simona E.
  • Prescott, Edward C.
  • Ueberfeldt, Alexander

Abstract

We construct quarterly US average hours worked using Current Population Survey data on employed persons at work and their actual hours worked. Our methodology can be applied to different demographic groups, providing researchers with readily available long-run series of hours.

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  • Cociuba, Simona E. & Prescott, Edward C. & Ueberfeldt, Alexander, 2018. "US hours at work," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 87-90.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:169:y:2018:i:c:p:87-90
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.021
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    1. Epstein, Brendan & Mukherjee, Rahul & Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan & Ramnath, Shanthi, 2020. "Trends in aggregate employment, hours worked per worker, and the long-run labor wedge," MPRA Paper 99289, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Matthew Greenblatt, 2020. "In-kind transfers and home production," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 1189-1211, December.
    3. Heejeong Kim, 2022. "Inequality, Disaster risk, and the Great Recession," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 45, pages 187-216, July.
    4. Ferraro, Domenico & Peretto, Pietro F., 2020. "Innovation-led growth in a time of debt," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    5. Aubhik Khan & Ben Lidofsky, 2019. "Growth, Uncertainty and Business Cycles in an Overlapping Generations Economy," 2019 Meeting Papers 1459, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    6. Zhang, Xiang, 2020. "Leisure and long-run risks: An empirical evaluation on value premium puzzle," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).

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    Keywords

    Labor supply; Actual hours worked; Employed persons at work;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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