Data for: After work shopping? Employment effects of a deregulation of shop opening hours in the German retail sector

Abstract of associated article: This study investigates the impact of a deregulation of shop opening laws on employment in the German retail sector. Exploiting the gradual change in the opening times of shops across states and using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, difference-in-differences estimates indicate an average increase in the employment probability, driven by a rise in the likelihood of working marginal part-time hours. Workers in small firms are likely to experience a reduction of their propensity to work. For individuals facing high family-related, supply-side constraints, the change in shop opening hours has opposing effects on employment — positive on lower and negative on upper parts of the hours distribution. Overall, the deregulation is estimated to have raised the likelihood of working fewer hours than desired by the workers.

关联研究论文摘要：本研究探讨了商店营业法规放松对德国零售业就业的影响。研究借助德国各州商店营业时间逐步放宽的政策外生变化，结合德国社会经济面板（German Socio-Economic Panel）数据开展实证分析，双重差分（difference-in-differences）估计结果显示，就业概率平均有所提升，该效应由边际兼职工时占比的上升所驱动。小型企业中的劳动者的就业参与倾向大概率出现下降。对于面临较高家庭相关供给侧约束的个体而言，商店营业时间调整对就业产生了相反影响：在工时分布的低端呈现正向效应，而在高端则呈现负向效应。总体而言，本次营业法规放松提升了劳动者工作时长低于自身期望时长的概率。