THE EMPLOYMENT EFFECT OF DEREGULATING SHOPPING HOURS: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN FOOD RETAILING.

We study the effect of deregulating weekday shop opening hours on employment in retailing. Using administrative data on all German food shops, a difference-in-differences analysis shows that relaxing restrictions on opening hours raised employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an increase...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 757 - 778
Autores principales: Bossler, Mario, Oberfichtner, Michael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2017
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          Bossler, Mario
          Oberfichtner, Michael
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          Institute for Employment Research, Regensburger Str. 100, 90478, Nuremberg Germany
          Friedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen‐Nuremberg and Institute for Employment Research, Lange Gasse 20, 90403, Nuremberg, Germany
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        Germany
        Deregulation
        Retail industry
        Food industry
        Food sales & prices
        Business hours
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          Retail industry
          Food industry
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          Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
          All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
          All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)
          All other miscellaneous general merchandise stores
          All other miscellaneous store retailers (except beer and wine-making supplies stores)
          Food sales & prices
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      ab: We study the effect of deregulating weekday shop opening hours on employment in retailing. Using administrative data on all German food shops, a difference-in-differences analysis shows that relaxing restrictions on opening hours raised employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an increase by 4%. This effect is driven by part-time employment and employment in large shops, and it implies an increase by 0.1 workers per additional actual weekly opening hour. While the wage bill increased by less than employment, the deregulation seems not to have reduced earnings of workers already employed in retailing before the deregulation. ( JEL J23, L51, L81)
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