Effects of Fair Workweek Laws on Labor Market Outcomes

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ID21334480
AuthorsJoseph Pickens (0000-0002-1409-8550, Economic Department United States Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland USA, corresponding author), Aaron Sojourner (0000-0001-6839-2512, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo Michigan USA)
Year2026
Volume65
Issue2
Pages132-155
Publication date2026-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-8676 • E-ISSN: 1468-232X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/irel.70000
OpenAlexW4411457386
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This paper models fair workweek regulations that require employers to provide employees with (1) schedule predictability via advance notice of their work schedule and premium payments for short‐notice changes, and (2) access to hours meaning they must offer open hours to existing employees before hiring new workers. We develop a theoretical model of employers' responses to these provisions and their implications for employment. Guided by the model, we estimate the effects of recently adopted fair workweek regulation in New York City's fast‐food sector using a synthetic difference‐in‐differences design. We find a null employment effect

Business · Economics · Labour economics · Management · Notice · Payment · Political science · Predictability · Schedule · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Finance · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law

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