Compensating Differentials for Shift Work
利用当前人口调查数据，分析工人选择轮班工作的原因，发现轮班工作存在正工资溢价，且低日间收入者更倾向夜班以增加收入，同时指出工会和公司规模的工资溢价估计存在向上偏差。
A model analyzing the choice of shift is developed and estimated using data from two supplements to the Current Population Survey. The findings show a positive wage premium for shift work that varies with personal characteristics, and there is strong evidence showing the importance of self-selection, as workers with low potential daytime earnings are more likely to choose night work and supplement their earnings. The findings demonstrate that cross-section estimates of wage premiums for union membership and firm size are biased upward because they pick up some of the compensation differentials for shift work. Copyright 1990 by University of Chicago Press.