Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173975 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11065
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Despite the ongoing public debate about precarious working conditions in academia, there is only little evidence on working hours and overtime work for the group of (non-tenured) junior academics. By using unique longitudinal survey data on the occupational situation and careers of doctoral students and doctorate holders in STEM fields in Germany, we explore potential antecedents of overtime. We find that overtime hours are less pronounced among firm employees holding a doctorate and among postdocs than they are among doctoral students. This result holds in the cross-section and also when examining status changes (from doctoral student to postdoc or to firm employee holding a doctorate) in difference-in-differences estimations. In contrast to firm employees, overtime hours are considerably positively associated with part-time contracts for doctoral students. Furthermore, our results reveal that individuals' career orientation is positively associated with extra hours. In contrast, individuals with family responsibilities and a stronger preference for leisure time spend significantly fewer hours at work.
Subjects: 
working time
overtime
part-time employment
academia
JEL: 
I23
J22
M51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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