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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Volume:	55
Main Author:	Bossler, Mario Oberfichtner, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.04.2017 WILEY Western Economic Association International
published in:	Economic inquiry Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 757 - 777
Data of publication:	April 2017
ISSN:	0095-2583 1465-7295
EISSN:	1465-7295
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Economic aspects Retail industry Deregulation Human resource management Store hours Germany Germany OPENING HOURS IMPACT ENTRY
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science Gale General OneFile Database information Databases - DBIS