What Is the Price of Freedom? Estimating Women's Willingness to Pay for Job Schedule Flexibility

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ID4360198
AuthorsMonserrat Bustelo (Inter-American Development Bank), Ana Maria Diaz (0000-0001-7964-4877, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Jeanne Lafortune (0000-0003-0127-0646, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Claudia Piras (Inter-American Development Bank), Luz Magdalena Salas (0000-0002-8814-5356, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), José Tessada (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Year2023
Volume71
Issue4
Pages1179-1211
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/718645
OpenAlexW4220771180
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

We conducted a discrete choice experiment to elicit women’s revealed preferences regarding job schedule flexibility (flexible scheduling and part-time employment) in a developing country context. We did so with an incentivized methodology for job seekers. On average, women have a high willingness to pay for a flexible schedule within a full-time contract but a much lower desire to trade wages for part-time contracts. The willingness to pay for a flexible work arrangement is largest for more affluent women, while willingness to pay for part-time employment is highest among those with higher time demands

Business · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Flexibility (engineering) · Incentive · Labour economics · Management · Microeconomics · Operations management · Schedule · Scheduling (production processes) · Seekers · Willingness to pay · Work schedule · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

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