Working time is a crucial issue for both research and public policy. This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a unique discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening of the working week, and flexible work practices. Time at work is affected by a complex web of evolving culture and social relations, as well as market, technological, and macroeconomic forces, and institutions such as collective bargaining and government policy. Using a variety of new data sources, the authors review the latest trends on working time in numerous countries.
Working time is a crucial issue for both research and public policy. This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a unique discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening of the working week, and flexible work practices. Time at work is affected by a complex web of evolving culture and social relations, as well as market, technological, and macroeconomic forces, and institutions such as collective bargaining and government policy. Using a variety of new data sources, the authors review the latest trends on working time in numerous countries.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lonnie Golden is Associate Professor of Economics at Pennsylvania State University. Deborah M. Figart is Professor of Economics at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
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Chapter 1 Introduction and overview Deborah M. Figart Lonnie Golden; Part 1 Current trends and patterns in work hours; Chapter 2 The enigma of working time trends Barry Bluestone Stephen Rose; Chapter 3 Working time reduction in the European Union Steffen Lehndorff; Chapter 4 The longest day Robert Drago Robert Caplan David Costanza Tanya Brubaker Darnell Cloud Naomi Harris Russell Kashian T. Lynn Riggs; Chapter 5 Working hours and time pressure Juliet B. Schor; Part 2 Empirical and theoretical foundations; Chapter 6 Who are the overworked Americans? Jerry A. Jacobs Kathleen Gerson; Chapter 7 The incentive to work hard Linda A. Bell; Chapter 8 Driven to spend David George; Chapter 9 Natural social and political limits to work time Paul Burkett; Chapter 10 Revising the labor supply curve Robert E. Prasch; Part 3 Innovations in working time and public policy; Chapter 11 Working time reductions employment consequences and lessons from Europe Gerhard Bosch; Chapter 12 The lump-of-labor case against work-sharing Tom Walker; Chapter 13 Better timing? Lonnie Golden; Chapter 14 The social implications of European work time policies Ellen Mutari Deborah M. Figart; Chapter 15 History and housework Laura Leete;
Chapter 1 Introduction and overview Deborah M. Figart Lonnie Golden; Part 1 Current trends and patterns in work hours; Chapter 2 The enigma of working time trends Barry Bluestone Stephen Rose; Chapter 3 Working time reduction in the European Union Steffen Lehndorff; Chapter 4 The longest day Robert Drago Robert Caplan David Costanza Tanya Brubaker Darnell Cloud Naomi Harris Russell Kashian T. Lynn Riggs; Chapter 5 Working hours and time pressure Juliet B. Schor; Part 2 Empirical and theoretical foundations; Chapter 6 Who are the overworked Americans? Jerry A. Jacobs Kathleen Gerson; Chapter 7 The incentive to work hard Linda A. Bell; Chapter 8 Driven to spend David George; Chapter 9 Natural social and political limits to work time Paul Burkett; Chapter 10 Revising the labor supply curve Robert E. Prasch; Part 3 Innovations in working time and public policy; Chapter 11 Working time reductions employment consequences and lessons from Europe Gerhard Bosch; Chapter 12 The lump-of-labor case against work-sharing Tom Walker; Chapter 13 Better timing? Lonnie Golden; Chapter 14 The social implications of European work time policies Ellen Mutari Deborah M. Figart; Chapter 15 History and housework Laura Leete;
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