The impact of Sunday shopping on employment and hours of work in the retail industry: Evidence from Canada

Skuterud, Mikal

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“…Tampoco existe proporcionalidad en el empleo, pues los aumentos de trabajadores los domingos se compensan con reducciones en días de semana (Skuterud, 2005). El aumento de empleo es moderado porque sólo las grandes superficies tienen mayores horarios (Aranda, Casares y Martín, 2002).…”

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“…Los factores político-legales más contemplados en la literatura son las bluelaws 1 (legislación sobre horarios comerciales) bajo tres enfoques distintos: el efecto sobre el pequeño comercio (Grunhagen, Grove y Gentry, 2003;Grunhagen y Mittelstaedt, 2001); los efectos macroeconómicos (empleo y precios) (Reddy, 2012;Skuterud, 2005); y los efectos socioló-gicos sobre el consumidor y los empleados (Geiger, 2007;Jacobsen y Kooreman, 2005). Más recientemente, Henisz y Zelner (2010) establecen que los factores políticos tienen más efecto en los países emergentes que en los maduros.…”

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The Bluelaws Role in the Evolution Models of Retailing

Ballina¹,

Vázquez²

2015

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ResumenLa literatura sobre las bluelaws (regulación de horarios comerciales) es muy amplia e importante, pero sus resultados son muy dispersos y distintos, y siempre ha trabajado con una perspectiva estrictamente sectorial y una metodología univariable. Es necesario estudiar la desregulación de horarios comerciales dentro de un modelo global de cambio, incorporando variables económicas externas (PIB) y variables de competencia endógenas (como las cuotas de superficie comercial). Nuestro modelo destaca que la desregulación de horarios afecta de forma inmediata a las estrategias de tiempo como servicio al consumidor ofertado por los supermercados y los centros comerciales. Que la competencia determina los cambios en la estructura comercial, la productividad y en el empleo del sector. En tanto que la situación de la economía explica las variaciones en las ventas y los precios.Palabras clave: Política Comercial, Horarios, Competencia.Clasificación JEL: M38, D30, C12.

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The Bluelaws Role in the Evolution Models of Retailing

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“…Extending shopping hours has the effects of lowering the value of time used by allowing shoppers to choose a more 2 The economic literature also points to substantial employment effects of longer opening hours, mainly due to an increase of threshold labour (e.g. Burda (2000), Goos (2005), Skuterud (2005)). 3 Thurik (1984) also stresses an other advantage for large stores of extending shop opening hours due to the fact that longer shopping hours lead to a more even distribution of customers which allows the shop to operate at a lower capacity level (e.g., number of cash points, storage facilities, etc.…”

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Explaining Sunday Shop Policies

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Gradus

2007

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SummarySunday shop opening is deregulated to the municipal level in the Netherlands. Despite positive effects on economic growth and employment, many municipalities restrict Sunday shop opening. Based on 2003 data we will show that diverse local characteristics, as the size of municipalities and religious and political affiliation, play a major role in decisions about Sunday shop opening. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that municipal control results in a considerable variation in policies. As this variation is related to significant differences between municipalities, reasons exist to decentralize the decision on Sunday shopping opening.

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“…The economic literature points to substantial positive employment effects of longer opening hours, mainly due to an increase of threshold labour but possibly also as the result of increased sales as in Goos (2005), Gradus (1996) and Skuterud (2005). Moreover, liberalization results in markedly relaxed time constraints for consumers.…”

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“…The fast growing empirical literature about this issue stresses unequivocally out more employment and welfare gains for consumers. Burda (2000) and Gradus (1996) show that many European countries consider deregulation relevant for the policy debate concerning unemployment and job creation.The economic literature points to substantial positive employment effects of longer opening hours, mainly due to an increase of threshold labour but possibly also as the result of increased sales as in Goos (2005), Gradus (1996) and Skuterud (2005). Moreover, liberalization results in markedly relaxed time constraints for consumers.…”

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Deregulating Sunday Shop Policies

Dijkgraaf

Gradus

2005

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Sunday shop opening is deregulated to the municipal level in the Netherlands. Despite positive effects on economic growth and employment, many municipalities restrict Sunday shop opening. Based on 2003 data we show that diverse local characteristics, like the size of municipalities and religious and political affiliation, play a major role in decisions about Sunday shop opening. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that municipal control over Sunday shopping hours results in a considerable variation in policies. As this variation is related to significant differences between municipalities, reasons exist to decentralize the decision on Sunday shopping opening.Keywords: Sunday opening, economic regulation, decentralization. Jel classification: D 78, L 51 I IntroductionIn the last years European countries regularly debate about relaxing shop opening hours legislation. As an outcome of this debate some legal restrictions have been relaxed for example in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. Since 1972 in Sweden opening hours are unrestricted for all stores. Until June 1996 Dutch shops were not allowed to be open on evenings and on Sundays, todayshops can be open from 6 to 22 hours and Sunday trading can be allowed 12 times a year (and on all Sundays in tourist regions). In Germany liberalization was decided in November 1996 changing closing time on weekdays from 18.30 to 20.00 and on Saturday from 14.00 to 16.00 hours.From an economic point of view strong arguments exist for a less tight regulation of shop opening hours. The fast growing empirical literature about this issue stresses unequivocally out more employment and welfare gains for consumers. Burda (2000) and Gradus (1996) show that many European countries consider deregulation relevant for the policy debate concerning unemployment and job creation.The economic literature points to substantial positive employment effects of longer opening hours, mainly due to an increase of threshold labour but possibly also as the result of increased sales as in Goos (2005), Gradus (1996) and Skuterud (2005). Moreover, liberalization results in markedly relaxed time constraints for consumers. The effect on prices is more doubtful. According to 1 Nooteboom (1983) and CPB (1995) average prices may increase or decrease, dependent on the sum of higher costs due to increased threshold labour. On the other hand, Thurik (1984) reasons that an increase in productivity as a result of higher capital utilization may induce lower costs. Tanguay et al. (1995) suggests on the basis of evidence from the 1990 liberalization in Quebec that mark-ups may increase and that prices rise. However, this evidence is rather weak as it is based on short term effects only. The evidence from Sweden and the US suggests that prices fell (Burda and Weil, 2001).Despite these positive economic effects most European countries still restrict opening on Sundays. In Germany, Norway and Switzerland opening is prohibited. Only in some countries, such as Ireland, Portugal, Sweden and the Uni...

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The impact of Sunday shopping on employment and hours of work in the retail industry: Evidence from Canada

Cited by 59 publications

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The Bluelaws Role in the Evolution Models of Retailing

The Bluelaws Role in the Evolution Models of Retailing

Explaining Sunday Shop Policies

Deregulating Sunday Shop Policies

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