Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA : are Europeans lazy? or Americans crazy

Why do Europeans work so little compared to Americans? Can they be induced to work more without reducing labour productivity? This volume explores these questions and more in order to understand the changing nature of the hours worked in the USA and EU, as well as the effects of policies that impose...

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Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA
Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti
Hauptverfasser:
Burda, Michael C., Kramarz, Francis, Cahuc, Pierre, Boeri, Tito
Körperschaft:
Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti (Content Provider)
Weitere Verfasser:
Burda, Michael C. (MitwirkendeR), Kramarz, Francis (MitwirkendeR), Cahuc, Pierre (MitwirkendeR), Boeri, Tito (MitwirkendeR)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Why do Europeans work so little compared to Americans? Can they be induced to work more without reducing labour productivity? This volume explores these questions and more in order to understand the changing nature of the hours worked in the USA and EU, as well as the effects of policies that impose working hour restrictions.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.) : ill.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA
ISBN:
9780191710834 (ebook) :
0191710830 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Hours of labor > European Union countries.
Hours of labor > United States.
Labor productivity > European Union countries.
Labor productivity > United States.
Job sharing > European Union countries.
Job sharing > United States.
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics
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