Gender Differences in Preferences for Flexible Work Hours: Experimental Evidence from an Online Freelancing Platform
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Keywords
workplace flexibility; online freelancing jobs; female labor force participation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2024-12-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GEN-2024-12-09 (Gender)
- NEP-HRM-2024-12-09 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2024-12-09 (Labour Economics)
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