TITLE:
Intensity of Moonlighting in Greece: A Finite Mixture Approach
AUTHORS:
Nikolaos C. Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos P. Rachaniotis, George Agiomirgianakis, Anastasia Pseiridis, Nicholas Tsounis
KEYWORDS:
Moonlighting, Intensity, Finite Mixture Poisson, Greece
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.13 No.7,
December
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the intensity of
moonlighting among highly educated Greeks using a unique dataset of about 400
moonlighters in tertiary distance learning. We distinguish between
higher-intensity and lower-intensity moonlighters
taking into consideration observed and unobserved heterogeneity between the two
groups. Our findings suggest that both demographic and work-related
characteristics drive the number of “extra” jobs one may hold. However, when we
split the sample into low- and high-intensity moonlighters, an asymmetry
appears in the driving forces of each group’s behaviour. For lower-intensity
moonlighters, family and monetary characteristics are the decisive factors of their behaviour, while for higher-intensity
moonlighters, work experience
appears to be the main driver. Our findings suggest that moonlighters in
tertiary education are not a unified group of employees. Therefore,
institutions and organizations employing moonlighters should in principle be
able to distinguish between the different groups of moonlighters and exercise
different selection criteria. If the purpose is to recruit top-notch
moonlighters serving teaching needs in
cutting-edge technology, e.g. IT specialists, molecular biologists,
banking sector executives and managers, then the selection criteria should be
in favor of past and current work experience. However, if the purpose is to
recruit moonlighters serving teaching needs in non-cutting-edge technology,
then family and monetary criteria should be adopted in the selection process.