Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA : are Europeans lazy? or Americans crazy
Fondazione Rodolfo DebenedettiContent Provider
Burda, Michael CContributor
Kramarz, FrancisContributor
Cahuc, PierreContributor
Boeri, TitoContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008.
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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The distribution of total work in the EU and USA / Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, and Philippe Weil -- Comments / Alberto Alesina, Christopher Pissarides -- Labor market effects of work-sharing arrangements in Europe / Francis Kramarz, Pierre Cahuc, Bruno Crépon, Oskar Nordström Skans, Thorsten Schank, Gijsbert van Lomwel, and André Zylberberg -- Comments / Giuseppe Nicoletti, Jan van Ours  -- Final remarks / Olivier Blanchard, Stephen Nickell, Guido Tabellini.
Hours of labor
Hours of labor
Labor productivity
Labor productivity
Job sharing
Job sharing
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics