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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Siesta: a theory of freelancing |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | Working paper series / Department of Economics |
| Number | No. 55 |
| ISSN | 1664-7041 (P) 1664-705X (E) |
| Number of Pages | 19 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Abstract Text | I study the effect of fatigue and innate ability on performance in a model with incomplete contracts, lumpy tasks requiring multiple periods of work and stochastic productivity shocks. I find that increasing ability or reducing fatigue does not lead necessarily to more productive efficiency, since it may exacerbate the incentive for agents take "too much" on-the-job leisure. In a world with heterogenous agents, the problem may be ameliorated by the introduction of a dual labour market with free-lancers (who can take breaks at their discretion) and regular workers (who work on a fixed schedule). |
| Official URL | http://www.econ.uzh.ch/static/wp/econwp055.pdf |
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| Keywords | Breaks, leisure, productivity, freelancing, Arbeitszeit, Arbeitszeitgestaltung, Freiberufliche Tätigkeit, Arbeitsproduktivität |