Does schedule irregularity affect productivity? Evidence from random assignment into college classes

B-Tier
Journal: Labour Economics
Year: 2019
Volume: 60
Issue: C
Pages: 115-128

Authors (3)

Lusher, Lester (University of Pittsburgh) Yasenov, Vasil (not in RePEc) Luong, Phuc (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Workers with irregular or on-call work schedules constitute up to 17% of the workforce in the US. We identify the causal impact of schedule regularity on productivity by leveraging data from a Vietnamese university where freshmen were randomly assigned into highly-varying course schedules. Some schedules had consistent start times across the week, while others had extreme shifts in daily start times. Though we find a robust relationship between schedules and self-reported sleep, we precisely estimate no discernible differences in achievement across students with differing start time variability. Like prior studies, we find gains in achievement to delayed start times.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:labeco:v:60:y:2019:i:c:p:115-128
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25