Lonnie Golden

Pennsylvania State University - Abington College

Professor of Economics and Labor Studies

1600 Woodland Rd.

Abington, PA 19001

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Economic Policy Institute

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1.

The Effects of Working Time on Productivity and Firm Performance, Research Synthesis Paper

International Labor Organization (ILO) Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 33, Conditions of Work and Employment Branch, 2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Sep 2012
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Working Time, Flexible Work Schedules, Labor Productivity

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Work Schedule Flexibility: A Contributor to Employee Happiness?

Journal of Social Research and Policy, 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2013
Lonnie Golden, Julia Henly and Susan Lambert
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College, University of Chicago - Social Service Administration and University of Chicago
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Working Time, Happiness, Labor Supply, Work Schedules, Flexible Work

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Why Do People Overwork? Over-Supply of Hours of Labor, Labor Market Forces and Adaptive Preferences

THE LONG WORK HOURS CULTURE: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CHOICES, Ronald Burke, Cary Cooper, eds., pp.61-83, Emerald Group Publishing, 2008
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2009
Lonnie Golden and Morris Altman
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Newcastle
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hours of work, labor supply, overwork, working time, workaholism, overemployment

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Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Perceived Control and Work-Life Balance

THE EDWARD ELGAR RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON WORK AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS, Chapter 10, pp. 188-211, K. Townsend and A. Wilkinson, eds., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 May 2010 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2011
Lonnie Golden, Susan Lambert, Julia Henly and Barbara Wiens-Tuers
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College, University of Chicago - Social Service Administration, University of Chicago - Social Service Administration and Pennsylvania State University
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working time, hours of work, overtime, work schedules, flexibility, well being, work-life, work-family

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Work Hours and Worker Happiness in the US: Weekly Hours, Hours Preferences and Schedule Flexibility

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Feb 2015
Lonnie Golden and Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden
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happiness, subjective well-being, life satisfaction, working hours, workplace flexibility, work hours preferences, underemployment

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Positive and Negative Application of Flexible Working Time Arrangements: Comparing the United States and the EU Countries

Handbook of Comparative Human Resource Management, Edited by Elaine Farndale, Chris Brewster and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (Eds.), Revised Second Edition, 2017
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Dec 2016
Lonnie Golden, Heejung Chung and Stephen Sweet
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College, University of Kent and Ithaca College
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Flexible Work Schedules; Flexible work arrangements; right to request; variable work hours; labor flexbility

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Overtime Work and Family Consequences

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 May 2007
Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Pennsylvania State University
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Overtime work, Mandatory Overtime, Hours of Work, Work and Family, Work Fatigue

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Irregular Work Scheduling and Its Consequences

Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper No. 394
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2015
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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To Your Happiness? Extra Hours of Labor Supply and Worker Well-Being

Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 382-397, April 2006
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 Jun 2007
Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Pennsylvania State University
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Hours of Work, Overtime, Happiness, Mandatory Overtime, Work Stress

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Work-Study: Time Use Tradeoffs, Student Work Hours and Implications for Youth Employment Policy

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2011
John Baffoe-Bonnie and Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University Delaware County, College of Liberal Arts - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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time use, time allocation, work hours, youth employment, labor supply, college students

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Flexible Work Scheduling as an Innovation: A Behavioral Economic Approach

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 May 2007
Lonnie Golden and Morris Altman
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Newcastle
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Hours of Work, Flexible Work Schedules, Labor Flexibility, Behavioral Economics

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A Brief History of Long Work Time and the Contemporary Sources of Overwork

Journal of Business Ethics, pp. 217-227, January 2009
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2009
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Work hours, working time, overwork, labor supply, labor history

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Overemployment and Underemployment Mismatches in the US Work Force: The Preference to Exchange Income for Fewer Work Hours

Monthly Labor Review, April 2007
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 May 2007
Lonnie Golden and Tesfayi Gebreselassie
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and ORC Worldwide
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Hours of Work, Hours Constraints, Labor Supply, Overemployment, Underemployment

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Distinctions between Overemployment, Overwork, Workaholism and Heavy Investments in Work Time

Harpaz and Snir book, Heavy Work Investment, 2014 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Dec 2013
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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overtime; labor supply; overwork; overemloyment; workaholism; hours preferences; heavy work investment; work motivation; labor demand

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A Purpose for Every Time? The Timing and Length of the Work Week and Implications for Worker Well-Being

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 53-74, May 2010
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 May 2010
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Painful Hours? The Potential Costs of Extra Work Hours and Schedule Inflexibility to Workers’ Physical Well-Being

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES, Chapter 6, pp. 137-160, Ronald Burke, Sharon Clarke, Cary Cooper, eds., Gower Publishing, 2011
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 May 2010 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2011
Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Pennsylvania State University
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work hours, working time, overtime, occupational health, well being

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Hours of Individual Labor Supply Models: Adding Breadth

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 May 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2008
Lonnie Golden and Morris Altman
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Newcastle
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hours of work, labor supply, overwork

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Flexible Daily Work Schedules in US Jobs: Formal Introductions?

Industrial Relations, January 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2008
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Flexible Work Schedules, Flexitime, Hours of Work, Informal Workplace Supports

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Work-Study: Conflict or Facilitation? Time Use Tradeoffs Among Employed Students

YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK: DOING TIME IN STUDENT JOBS, Barbara Pini, Paula McDonald, Janis Bailey, Robin Price, eds., Ashgate Publishing, 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Lonnie Golden and John Baffoe-Bonnie
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Pennsylvania State University Delaware County, College of Liberal Arts - Department of Economics
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Limited Access: Disparities in Flexible Work Schedules and Location

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, March 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2008
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Flexible Work Schedules, Flexitime, Hours of Work, Gender Gap

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Work Sharing as a Potential Policy Tool for Creating More and Better Employment: A Review of the Evidence

Work Sharing: New Developments during the Great Recession and Beyond, Chapter 7, J. Messenger & N. Ghosheh, Edward Elgar Publishing and ILO, 2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Aug 2012
Lonnie Golden and Stuart Glosser
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
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work-sharing, job creation, working time, hours of work, jobless recovery

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Response of Labor Productivity and Employment to Changes in Overtime Hours in US Manufacturing from 1982 to 2004

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Lonnie Golden and Stuart Glosser
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
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Labor Productivity, Employment Adjustment, Overtime Hours, Impulse Responses

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Irregular Work Shifts, Work Schedule Flexibility and Associations with Work-Family Conflict and Work Stress in the U.S.

Sarah De Groof et al. "Work-Life Balance in the Modern Workplace. Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Work-Family Research, Law and Policy." (2017).
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Lonnie Golden and Jaeseung Kim
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Chicago
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irregular and on-call shifts; flexible work schedules; right to request; work-family conflict; part-time work

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Still Falling Short on Hours and Pay: Part-Time Work Becoming New Normal

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
Downloads 106 (254,839)
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Underemployment; Part-time employment; Involuntary Part time work; Work Hours; Hours Mismatch; Employment Policy.

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Distinctions between Overemployment, Overwork, Workaholism and Heavy Work Investment

Heavy Work Investment: Its Nature, Sources, Outcomes, and Future Directions (Applied Psychology Series), Itzhak Harpaz and Raphael Snir, eds., 2014
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Sep 2014
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Overemployment; Overwork; Labor Supply; Hours of Work

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FLSA Working Hours Reform: Worker Well-Being Effects in an Economic Framework

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FLSA Working Hours Reform: Worker Well-Being Effects in an Economic Framework

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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overtime work, comp time, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, right to request legislation, worker utility, subjective well-being, flexible work schedules

FLSA Working Hours Reform: Worker Well‐Being Effects in an Economic Framework

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 54, Issue 4, pp. 717-749, 2015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Sep 2015
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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More or Less Fair? FLSA Overtime Law and Workers' Preferences Regarding Reduced Work Time and Comp Time versus Pay

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2008
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Fair Labor Standards Act, Hours of Work, Overtime, Compensatory Time

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Flexibility and Overtime Among Hourly and Salaried Workers: When You Have Little Flexibility, You Have Little to Lose

EPI Briefing Paper # 385
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Apr 2015
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Happiness is Flextime

Applied Research in Quality of Life, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 May 2017
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn and Lonnie Golden
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden and Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Happiness; Flexible Work; Workplace Flexibility; Work Schedules; Well-Being

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Becoming Too Small to Bail? Prospects for Workers in the Current Economy and the 112th Congress - Symposium on Labor and Employment Law Under the Obama Administration: A Time for Hope and Change?

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 87, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2012
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Employment law, FLSA, Obama economic policy, Flexible work, Worker living standards

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Scheduling Stability: The Landscape of Work Schedules and Potential Gains From Fairer Workweeks in Illinois and Chicago

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 May 2018
Alison Q Dicksen, Lonnie Golden and Robert Bruno
University of Illinois at Chicago, Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Work Schedules; Predictive Scheduling; Work Hours; Employment Policy

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A Happiness and Objective Well-Being Index (HOW-IS-IL) for Living and Working in the State of Illinois, 2016-17

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Oct 2017
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Happiness; Middle Class; Well-Being; Employment Trends

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Unhappiness Is Unpredictability

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2018
Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn and Lonnie Golden
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden and Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Happiness; Unhappiness; Flexible Work Scheduling; Flextime; GSS; Unpredictable Work; Subjective Well-Being

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Overtime Reform: Widening the Lens

Perspectives on Work, LERA, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Aug 2013
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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overtime, comp time, FLSA, hours of work

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Understanding Flexible Work Scheduling: A Behavioral Economic Approach

RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORK: WORKPLACE TEMPORALITIES, Beth Rubin, ed., Vol. 17, pp. 313-341, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2015
Morris Altman and Lonnie Golden
University of Newcastle and Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Flexible work, Firms, Sectors, Costs, Innovation, Policy incentives

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Still Only Part Way Home: Part-Time Work and Underemployment in Illinois and Its Region

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Nov 2017
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Part time work; underemployment; part-time for economic reasons; part-time employment; part-time policy

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Flexible Daily Work Schedules in U.S. Jobs: Formal Introductions Needed?

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 48, Issue 1, pp. 27-54, January 2009
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Dec 2008
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College
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Over-Supply of Labor: Behavioral Economic Roots of Labor Supply, Overwork and Overemployment

Global Business & Economics Review, 2002
Posted: 24 Jan 2010
Lonnie Golden and Morris Altman
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Newcastle

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Labour supply, Income, Time, Wage rates, Work hours, Market failure, Overemployment

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Is Labour Becoming More or Less Flexible? Changing Dynamic Behaviour and Asymmetries of Labour Input in Us Manufacturing

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 535-557, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Lonnie Golden and Stuart Glosser
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

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Hours of work, Employment adjustment, Labour flexibility, Labour markets, VARs

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Mandatory or Not Mandatory - Is that the Difference? The Nature of Overtime Work by Characteristics of Workers, Jobs and Employers

Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and Pennsylvania State University

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Hours of Work, Overtime Work, Labor Relations, Labor Flexibility

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Average Work Hours as a Leading Economic Variable in U.S. Manufacturing

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORECASTING
Posted: 06 Dec 1996
Lonnie Golden and Stuart Glosser
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College and University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

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The Expansion of Temporary Help Employment in the U.S., 1982-1992: A Test of Alternative Economic Explanations

APPLIED ECONOMICS, Vol. 28, 1996
Posted: 31 Oct 1996
Lonnie Golden
Pennsylvania State University - Abington College

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