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Thierry Nabeth on 15 Oct 13An important new study by Youngjoo Cha and Kim A. Weeden reports that the wage premium for "overwork"-working more than 50 hours a week-has risen sharply. In 1979, there was actually a wage penalty for overwork; but this turned into a wage premium after the mid-1990s. Because men tend to overwork more than women, the rising overwork premium raised men's wages more than women's, and has effectively erased the advantage women gained by increasing their higher education levels.
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Thierry Nabeth on 15 Oct 13This mindset, created by the peculiar demography of upper-level management, is increasingly out of sync with most of the workforce. Younger men increasingly want schedules that work around family needs - just as women have been demanding for years.