Shift Work: Facts, Value, and (Hidden) Costs Ghent University
Nearly one out of five employees in the EU work shifts. Despite being so common and having well-known detrimental effects on health and well-being, shift work is rarely studied by economists. This justifies this research proposal which aims at further initiating economic research on this topic. To this end, I will examine three specific aspects of shift work using a variety of tools, including a vignette experiment and advanced ...