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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812460103321

Autore

Hart Robert A.

Titolo

Working time and employment / / Robert A. Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010, c1987

ISBN

1-136-92176-1

1-136-92177-X

1-282-91908-3

9786612919084

0-203-84467-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

331.257

331.2572

Soggetti

Hours of labor

Labor supply

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987 by Unwin Hyman Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter One: Background and Aims; Chapter Two: Working Time and Employment in an International Perspective; Chapter Three: A Labour Market Framework; Chapter Four: Some Economic Concepts and Relationships; Chapter Five: Employment Effects of Workweek Reductions: Theoretical Issues; Chapter Six: Employment Effects of Workweek Reductions: Empirical Evidence; Chapter Seven: Part-time Employment: The Demand and Supply of Workers and Hours; Chapter Eight: Hours, Layoffs and Implicit Contracts

Chapter Nine: Labour Subsidies and Social Security FundingChapter Ten: Retirement and Employment; Chapter Eleven: Collective Bargaining Constraints; Chapter Twelve: More Jobs through Shorter Hours?; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1987, this Routledge Revival reissues the first systematic and integrated analysis of working time and employment, reaching to the core elements of a vital area of labour economics. It offers both a comprehensive analysis of the impact of workweek



reductions on employment and hours as well as a thorough coverage of part-time employment, temporary lay-offs, short-time working, labour subsidies, social security funding, mandatory and early retirement and collective bargaining. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt to examine carefully the key ec