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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449772603321

Autore

Wong Ging <1947->

Titolo

Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume I [[electronic resource] ] : Patterns, Trends and the Policy Implications for Earnings Inequality and Unemployment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PicotW. G

Disciplina

331.25/7/0973

Soggetti

Electronic books. -- local

Equal pay for equal work -- Canada -- Congresses

Equal pay for equal work -- United States -- Congresses

Hours of labor -- Canada -- Congresses

Hours of labor -- United States -- Congresses

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction and Overview; 1 - The Changing Workweek: Trends in Weekly Hours of Work in Canada, 1976-1995, by Mike Sheridan, Deboprah Sunter, and Brent Diverty; 2 - Trends in Hours of Work in the United States, by Philip L. Rones, Jennifer M. Gardner, and Randy E. Ilg; 3 - Working Hard, by Linda Bell and Richard B. Freeman; 4 - Working Time, Wages, and Earnings Inequality among Men and Women in Canada, 1981-1993, by Garnett Picot; 5 - Patterns of Foregone Potential Earnings among Working-Age Males, 1975-1992, by Robert Haveman, Lawrence Buron, and Andrew Bershadker

6 - The Growth of Income and Employment Inequality in Australian Cities, by R.G. Gregory and Boyd Hunter 7 - Supply of Hours per Day and Days per Week--Evidence from the Canadian Labour Market Activity Survey, by Richard E. Mueller; 8 - Hours Constraints: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications, by Kevin Lang and Shulamit Kahn; 9 - Measuring the Effects of Short-Time Compensation on Workforce Dynamics, by Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson; 10 - Short-Time Work in the United States: Implications for Evaluation of Short-Time



Compensation Schemes, by Alec R. Levenson

11 - Economic Activities and the Demand for Work Sharing in Canada, by Tome Siedule, Carol Guest, and Ging WongCited Author Index; Subject Index; About the Institute