Strategic Managerial Title Use for Overtime Avoidance

This replication package supports research on the strategic use of job titles to avoid overtime payments. The dataset is authored by Lauren Cohen and hosted by Harvard Dataverse, with a last update in February 2026. The specific row count, column structure, and file formats are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between job title classifications and overtime payment eligibility to identify strategic avoidance patterns.
• Examine the distribution of managerial versus non-managerial titles across industries or firms to study regulatory compliance.
• Investigate temporal trends in title assignment, potentially using timestamps if available, to correlate with changes in labor laws.

Strengths

• Authored by a researcher from a recognized institution, Lauren Cohen.
• Associated with a specific, peer-reviewed research paper on a defined economic topic.
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The core data dimensions, including row count, column names, and sample data, are unavailable for assessment.
• The absence of column details prevents verification of data structure and analytical suitability.
• The description provides no information on sample size, geographic scope, or temporal coverage, limiting understanding of generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Lauren Cohen.

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for academic research.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-06.