Do immigrants work longer hours than natives in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15067422 |
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| Authors | Murat Anıl Mercan (0000-0003-2471-0616, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey, corresponding author), Mesut Karakas (0000-0002-3695-2105, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1394-1406 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1331677x.2019.1636700 |
| OpenAlex | W2959655575 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
The difference between the working hours of natives and immigrants has begun to attract a great deal of attention in U.S. migration research, but this phenomenon has yet to be studied in a European context. In this article, we examine this difference in working hours for 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the U.K.) for the period 1995–2013. Contrary to popular belief, we find that immigrants usually work fewer hours than natives in most of the countries studied. In addition, we observe that native workers in Western and Southern Europe have, over time, tended to increase their number of hours worked compared to immigrants. However, the opposite is true is for Northern Europe, where natives’ working hours have generally decreased compared to immigrants, even following the global economic crisis in 2008
Demographic economics · Economics · European union · Geography · Immigration · Labour economics · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Western europe · Working hours · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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