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What is the price of freedom? Estimating women’s willingness to pay for job schedule flexibility

  • person Jeanne Lafortune

    José Tessada; Monserrat Bustelo; Ana María Díaz; Claudia Piras; Luz Salas

  • class Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 71, Number 4 July 2023

Abstract: We conducted a discrete choice experiment to elicit women’s revealed preferences regarding job schedule flexibility (flexible scheduling and part-time employment) in a developing country context. We did so with an incentivized methodology for job seekers. On average, women have a high willingness to pay for a flexible schedule within a full-time contract but a much lower desire to trade wages for part-time contracts. The willingness to pay for a flexible work arrangement is largest for more affluent women, while willingness to pay for part-time employment is the highest among those with higher time demands.