02005nam a2200397 a 4500 EDZ0000073669 StDuBDS 20150804193929.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091031s2008 enka fo 101 0 eng|d 9780191710834 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS HD5124 331.257094 22 Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA [electronic resource] : are Europeans lazy? Or Americans crazy? / edited by Tito Boeri, Michael Burda and Francis Kramarz ; with [contributions by] Pierre Cahuc ... [et al.]. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.) : ill. Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti Selected conference papers. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hours of labor European Union countries Congresses. Hours of labor United States Congresses. Labor productivity European Union countries Congresses. Labor productivity United States Congresses. Job sharing European Union countries Congresses. Job sharing United States Congresses. Boeri, Tito. Burda, Michael C. Kramarz, Francis. Print version 9780199231027 Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.001.0001 37227 37227