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
Materias:	Germany Deregulation Retail industry Food industry Food sales & prices Business hours
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