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工作时间、高管任命与性别：基于雇主-雇员匹配数据的证据
Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
摘要
Using Danish registry data linked to the Labor Force Survey, we provide the first rigorous evidence with external validity on the hours-career nexus (positive association between hours and career success). Guided by three theories (human capital; rat race; tournament), we unpack the hours-career nexus through examining: the differential effect of hours in the present firm and elsewhere; hours relative to peers’ hours; standard vs. evening/night/weekend hours; and the importance of sustaining long hours. Supplemented by the time use survey, we show the gender gap in hours and career success is due mostly to gendered division of labor in household production.
中文摘要
利用丹麦登记数据与劳动力调查的关联，我们首次提供了关于工时与职业发展关联（即工时与职业成功之间的正相关关系）且具有外部效度的严谨证据。基于三种理论（人力资本理论、竞争性工作理论、锦标赛理论），我们通过以下维度解析工时与职业发展的关联：当前企业内工时与其他企业工时的差异化效应；工时相对于同行的相对水平；标准工时与晚间/夜间/周末工时的差异；以及持续超长工时的重要性。结合时间使用调查数据，我们揭示工时与职业成功中的性别差异主要源于家庭生产中的性别分工。