Data and Code for Work Hours and Amenity Trade-offs

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) César Garro-Marín, University of Edinburgh; Neil Thakral, Brown University; Linh Tô, Boston University

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Project Citation:

Garro-Marín, César, Thakral, Neil, and Tô, Linh. Data and Code for Work Hours and Amenity Trade-offs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-05-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E221382V1

Project Description

Summary: Are workers who place a higher value on a specific amenity more likely to receive that amenity in exchange for lower wages? According to the classic compensating differentials model, the answer is yes. However, when multiple amenities are considered, the relationship becomes more complex. We develop a model that accounts for complementarity and substitutability in firms’ provision of workplace amenities and workers’ preferences for them. Our empirical analysis, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, examines how workers trade off job amenities, particularly in relation to flexible work hours. We find that reduced hours are often substituted for other valued amenities, such as schedule flexibility and paid leave, disproportionately affecting women,

Funding Sources: National Science Foundation (2149371, 2149414)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Compensating differentials; Workplace amenities; Work hours

JEL Classification:
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      J33 Compensation Packages; Payment Methods

Geographic Coverage: United States

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Data Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. 2024. “National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, 1997-2021 (rounds 1-20).” Produced and distributed by the Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR), The Ohio State University.

Flood, Sarah, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel

Backman, Annie Chen, Grace Cooper, Stephanie Richards, Megan Schouweiler, and Michael Westberry. 2024. “IPUMS CPS: Version 12.0 [dataset].”

Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, and Jeffrey B. Wenger. 2023. “The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and the Implications for the Structure of Wages.” American Economic Review, 113(7): 2007–47.

RAND American Life Panel. 2017. “American Working Conditions Survey [W01], ms436 (2015).” RAND Corporation. Accessed: 2025-02-17.

RAND American Life Panel. 2019. “American Working Conditions Survey [W02], ms503 (2018).” RAND Corporation. Accessed: 2025-02-17.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. “2010 Occupation Codes with Crosswalk from 2002 to 2011 [dataset].” Accessed: 2025-01-06.

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