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Article: The moonlighting decision of unmarried men and women: family and labor market influences.
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- Atlantic Economic Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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Introduction
Moonlighting behavior has been the subject of much interesting research by labor economists. Early theoretical work by Perlman [1966] and by Shishko and Rostker [1976] helped clarify how and why an individual might decide to moonlight. In theory, the act of working more than one job at a time is a rational reaction to a constraint on the labor supply choice relevant to an individual's primary job. The constraint prevents the maximization of utility at the primary job. In order to approach, or possibly attain, maximum utility, the person acquires work from an additional employer. Continuing research into moonlighting behavior is motivated by the ...