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Overtime and Undertime: An Analysis of Hours Worked *
Author(s) -
Model Suzanne,
Stiers Gretchen,
Weber Eleanor
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1992.tb00292.x
Subject(s) - overtime , microdata (statistics) , white (mutation) , sociology , demographic economics , public use , mainland , demography , geography , gender studies , labour economics , political science , economics , population , law , census , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , gene
Drawing on 1980 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), this study compares the determinants of annual hours of work for whites, blacks, and mainland‐born Puerto Ricans residing in the New York SMSA in 1979. Two theoretical approaches are tested; a neoclassical specification and an extended structural model. The analysis supports both approaches. Few differences in coefficients exist between white and minority men, but the hours of minority women are less sensitive to family demands than are those of white women. The implications of these and other findings are discussed.