Abstract (may include machine translation)
This article investigates the existence of compensating wage differentials across seasonal and long-term jobs that arise due to anticipated working time restrictions. Using longitudinal information from the Austrian administrative records, we derive a definition of seasonality based on observed regularities in employment patterns. As wages change across seasonal and long-term jobs for the same individual over time, we can control for individual-specific effects and use variation in the starting month of seasonal jobs as an exogenous predictor of anticipated unemployment. We find that employers pay, on average, a positive wage differential of about 11% for seasonal jobs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-221 |
Number of pages | 41 |
Journal | Journal of Labor Economics |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |