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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Corporate Author:	Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti
Other Authors:	Boeri, Tito, Burda, Michael C., Kramarz, Francis, Cahuc, Pierre
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:	Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.
Subjects:	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. Hours of labor > United States > Congresses. Job sharing > United States > Congresses. Horaires de travail > Pays de l'Union européenne > Congrès. Horaires de travail > États-Unis > Congrès. Productivité > Pays de l'Union européenne > Congrès. Productivité > États-Unis > Congrès. Partage de postes de travail > Pays de l'Union européenne > Congrès. Partage de postes de travail > États-Unis > Congrès. Productivité > Pays de l'Union européenne. Productivité > États-Unis. Partage de postes de travail > Pays de l'Union européenne. Partage de postes de travail > États-Unis. Hours of labor Job sharing Labor productivity European Union countries United States Mitgliedsstaaten Arbeitszeit USA Arbeidstijd. Deeltijdarbeid. EU-landen. Verenigde Staten. Portovenere <2006> Europäische Union. Samfundsvidenskab > Økonomi. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings
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