The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours Among U.S. Men, 1979-2004

Peter Kuhn, Fernando Lozano

NBER Working Paper No. 11895
Issued in December 2005, Revised in January 2008

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The authors thank seminar participants at UCSB; the University of Victoria; University of Texas; Princeton University; Stanford University; the NIOSH-University of Maryland National Conference on Long Working Hours, Safety and Health; the Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar at UCSB; and the UC Merced conference on Rising Earnings Inequality for helpful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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