The Employment Effect of Deregulating Shopping Hours: Evidence From German Food Retailing

Bossler, Mario; Oberfichtner, Michael

doi:10.1111/ecin.12394

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“…As municipalities that were forced to lift restrictions expanded allowable opening hours by approximately 10 hours per week on average, the estimate implies that the 1985 Opening Hours Act caused a 10.7% growth in youth employment in the retail sector on average. The effect is relatively large and consistent with previous studies that find positive employment effects of deregulation of opening hours in retail firms; see Skuterud () and Bossler and Oberfichtner ().…”

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“…Recent studies from Germany exploit the lifting of restrictions on opening hours on weekdays in some German states. Bossler and Oberfichtner () and Paul () find that deregulation increased total retail employment, particularly part‐time work and the probability of working 1–16 hours a week. However, Senftleben‐König () find that full‐time employment increased.…”

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“…He shows that whether deregulation favours chain stores or independent retailers depends on the efficiency differences between the two types of retailers. While the results are theoretically unclear, we are aware of one contribution of the empirical effects that suggests that deregulation favours large shops: studying the effect deregulation of opening hours in Germany, Bossler and Oberfichtner () find that shops increased employment by 0.1 worker per additional permitted opening hour per week and that this increase was driven by large shops. Given the ambiguous theoretical effects and limited previous empirical evidence, we now estimate the effects of the Norwegian deregulation on youth employment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Earning or Learning? How Extending Closing Time in the Retail Sector Affects Youth Employment and Education

Bensnes

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2018

Oxf Bull Econ Stat

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This paper estimates the causal impact of increased demand for low-skilled workers on youth employment, and short and long run education. We exploit quasi-experimental demand shifts for retail workers due to changes in allowed opening hours for retail stores across Norwegian municipalities. We find that relaxed restrictions on opening hours increased employment in the sector and permanently reduced educational attainment for affected high school students. The results suggest that policies or shocks that increase demand for low-skilled workers in the short term might have negative long-run effects in terms of reduced educational attainment.

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Earning or Learning? How Extending Closing Time in the Retail Sector Affects Youth Employment and Education

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2018

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“…Bossler and Oberfichtner researched in Germany the effect of deregulating shopping hours on employment in food retailing. They report a 3% to 4% aggregate employment effect driven mainly by increased part-time employment, while full-time employment was not affected (Bossler and Oberfichtner, 2014). Paul also investigates the impact of the Deregulation of shop opening laws on employment in the German retail sector (Paul, 2015).…”

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Sunday Trading Ban in Poland: Reflection After Three Years

Grzesiuk¹

2021

ERSJ

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Purpose:The paper examines two perspectives of shopping hours regulations, the theoretical background, and experiences from selected European countries. Particular focus is on the Sunday trading ban that took effect in Poland in 2018. It was implemented gradually over three years. However, determining the impact of the introduction of the restriction on the economy is a tough challenge, both for science and the business community. This is mainly due to dynamic economic challenges, innovations implemented in retailing, which significantly change the way services are delivered. The paper aims to provide an overview of international experience, which may help understand the possible impact of Sunday trading regulations. The theoretical discussion and international empirical evidence show that the dynamics involved in changing Sunday trading rules can work in different directions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The paper presents international experiences of shopping hours regulations and focuses on the Polish market's case study. Findings: The analysis showed that regulations on opening hours and Sunday trading ban on the economy and retail sector are mixed and uncertain. In Poland, the effects of the Sunday trading ban are not possible due to the consequences of the COVID pandemic (2020)(2021) and additional restrictions in economic activity that were introduced. Practical Implications: Two years after introducing restrictions on Sunday trade in Poland, structural and qualitative changes in retailing are observed. The author argues that these changes will result from the COVID pandemic and the implications of innovative retail processes are to be expected soon. They will be mainly targeted at the use of online commerce, the development of unattended sales forms, and possibly reducing the importance of large-scale retail outlets. Originality/Value: The author points out that the relationship between these regulations and innovations in trade should be added to the traditional approach to the analysis of trade working hours regulation. In this sense, the article has the value of a new, original analysis..

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“…As for the European context, the existing literature focused on the case of Germany, where a deregu-lation of shopping hours was progressively enacted by the different states between 2006 and 2007. 4 In this context, Bossler and Oberfichtner (2017) and Senftleben-König (2014) found mixed evidence -no effects and mildly positive effects on part-time workers, respectively.…”

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The Effects of Shop Opening Hours Deregulation: Evidence from Italy

2020

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We estimate the effects of the deregulation of shop opening hours on the market structure of the retail sector and on the size and composition of the labour force employed there. To identify these effects, we exploit the staggered implementation of a reform that allowed Italian municipalities to adopt fully flexible opening hours in the late 1990s. Our findings indicate that the possibility of opening shops 24/7 increased employment in the retail sector by about three per cent and raised the number of shops in the affected municipalities by about two per cent. The effects were concentrated amongst workers employed in larger commercial outlets that were better able to exploit the flexibility introduced by the new regime. An analysis of individual-level evidence suggests that the deregulation also produced a recomposition of employment towards regular employees rather than self-employed workers.

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The Employment Effect of Deregulating Shopping Hours: Evidence From German Food Retailing

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Earning or Learning? How Extending Closing Time in the Retail Sector Affects Youth Employment and Education

Earning or Learning? How Extending Closing Time in the Retail Sector Affects Youth Employment and Education

Sunday Trading Ban in Poland: Reflection After Three Years

The Effects of Shop Opening Hours Deregulation: Evidence from Italy

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