abstract: 'More than 27\% of the U.S. workforce now reports having an ability to

  alter their daily starting and ending times of work Yet, provision of

  flexibility in the timing of work is not keeping pace with demand.

  Moreover there is much disparity in access to schedule flexibility by

  workers'' demographic. work, and job characteristics. Probit estimation

  finds that the probability that a worker has such flexibility is reduced

  by being female, non-White, and less educated. The likelihood is

  increased by being self-employed, in college, married, part-time, in

  certain occupations and industries, and working 50 or more hours per

  week flexibility is reduced for those working a standard day shift or

  40-hour workweek. Workers thus sacrifice either leisure time or income

  to gain better access to flexibility in the scheduling of work, or they

  endure the costs of job mobility. Public policy should focus on

  delivering more flexible schedules to the excluded 73\%.'
affiliation: 'Golden, L (Corresponding Author), Penn State Univ Delaware Cty, Commonwealth
  Coll, Business \& Econ Div, Media, PA 19063 USA.

  Penn State Univ Delaware Cty, Commonwealth Coll, Business \& Econ Div, Media, PA
  19063 USA.'
author: Golden, L
author_list:
- family: Golden
  given: L
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/00027640121956700
eissn: 1552-3381
files: []
issn: 0002-7642
journal: AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
keywords-plus: FAMILY; CONSEQUENCES; CONSTRAINTS; PREFERENCES; GENDER; RACE
language: English
month: MAR
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '53'
pages: 1157-1178
papis_id: 4400987d5ba00494e0da5e93b5fd1571
ref: Golden2001flexiblework
researcherid-numbers: ', Lonnie/ABF-7000-2020'
times-cited: '174'
title: Flexible work schedules - Which workers get them?
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000168886200006
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '32'
volume: '44'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Clinical; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2001'