TY - CHAP
T1 - The Economics of Flexible Work Scheduling
T2 - Theoretical Advances and Contemporary Paradoxes
AU - Altman, Morris
AU - Golden, Lonnie
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Workplace, Workforce and Working Families Program, Grant #B-2002–48 .
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A theoretical economic model is developed to explain the disparities in flexible work scheduling observed across firms, workplaces, sectors, and time periods. Given heterogeneity in firms' costs, the supply of flextime is determined by firms' costs of enacting versus not adopting it. The innovative practice would be adopted if it generates net unit labor cost savings. If it is cost neutral, the extent to which the supply of flextime falls short of worker demand for it depends on the extent to which employers must accommodate employee preferences for more time sovereignty and are induced by policy incentives to switch to flexible scheduling.
AB - A theoretical economic model is developed to explain the disparities in flexible work scheduling observed across firms, workplaces, sectors, and time periods. Given heterogeneity in firms' costs, the supply of flextime is determined by firms' costs of enacting versus not adopting it. The innovative practice would be adopted if it generates net unit labor cost savings. If it is cost neutral, the extent to which the supply of flextime falls short of worker demand for it depends on the extent to which employers must accommodate employee preferences for more time sovereignty and are induced by policy incentives to switch to flexible scheduling.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0277-2833(07)17010-2
DO - 10.1016/S0277-2833(07)17010-2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:34247846271
SN - 0762312688
SN - 9780762312689
T3 - Research in the Sociology of Work
SP - 313
EP - 341
BT - Workplace Temporalities
A2 - Rubin, Beth
ER -