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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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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 757 - 778
Main Authors: Bossler, Mario, Oberfichtner, Michael
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2017
Subjects:
Germany
Deregulation
Retail industry
Food industry
Food sales & prices
Business hours
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