Observations on Overtime and Moonlighting

Abstract

ered workers.' Despite the tendency for the work schedule to reflect the optimum combination for the majority of workers, there are some who would prefer a shorter schedule and others a longer one. While the typical worker would always offer additional hours at overtime pay and would never moonlight on a second job paying a lower rate than his first, inflexibility in work schedules leads to atypical responses on the part of those who would rather work more or fewer hours than the established standard.