Working hours and job sharing in the EU and USA
are Europeans lazy? Or Americans crazy?
Boeri, Tito.
Burda, Michael C.
Kramarz, Francis.
text
conference publication
enk
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008
monographic
eng
1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.) : ill.
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.
specialized
edited by Tito Boeri, Michael Burda and Francis Kramarz ; with [contributions by] Pierre Cahuc ... [et al.].
Selected conference papers.
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
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Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti
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