Physical work intensity and the split workday

  1. J. González Chapela 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

Journal:
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ISSN: 1988-8767

Year of publication: 2015

Issue: 767

Pages: 1-34

Type: Working paper

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Abstract

This study uses a simple job-design model and the 2002-2003 Spanish Time Use Survey to establish the existence of a previously overlooked relationship between physical work intensity and the split workday. The theoretical model predicts that the incidence of working split shifts may increase with physical work intensity if and only if the degree of recovery allowed by the mid-workday break is directly proportional to the physical load of the work done. Occupation-specific estimates of energy expenditure are constructed for Spain which permit investigating empirically the determinants of the split workday and the length of the mid-workday break.

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