Non-Standard Time Wage Premiums and Employment Effects: Evidence from an Australian Natural Experiment

Yu, S; Peetz, D

Non-Standard Time Wage Premiums and Employment Effects: Evidence from an Australian Natural Experiment

Yu, S

Peetz, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57 (1), pp. 33 - 61
Issue Date:: 2019-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yu, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1070-113X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Peetz, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-3163	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:06:29Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57 (1), pp. 33 - 61	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0007-1080	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/124490
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. We examine the effect of increasing Sunday wage premiums on retail industry employment in Australia, exploiting a quasi-experimental policy change across two neighbouring states. Using both aggregate and individual-level data, we adopt a difference-in-difference regression framework to estimate the causal impact of the policy change on employment outcomes. We find no evidence of changes in the total number of employees, and no effect on hours per employee in the years following the policy implementation. However, there appeared to be a decline in hours per employee in the announcement year of the policy change. Overall, it appears that in an industry dominated by part-time and casual employment, any adjustment to the new Sunday wage rates occurred principally through flexibility in hours, rather than in the number of employees.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	British Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/bjir.12412	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Non-Standard Time Wage Premiums and Employment Effects: Evidence from an Australian Natural Experiment	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
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Abstract:

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. We examine the effect of increasing Sunday wage premiums on retail industry employment in Australia, exploiting a quasi-experimental policy change across two neighbouring states. Using both aggregate and individual-level data, we adopt a difference-in-difference regression framework to estimate the causal impact of the policy change on employment outcomes. We find no evidence of changes in the total number of employees, and no effect on hours per employee in the years following the policy implementation. However, there appeared to be a decline in hours per employee in the announcement year of the policy change. Overall, it appears that in an industry dominated by part-time and casual employment, any adjustment to the new Sunday wage rates occurred principally through flexibility in hours, rather than in the number of employees.

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