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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817297303321

Autore

Hart Robert A.

Titolo

The economics of non-wage labour costs / / Robert A. Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010, c1984

ISBN

1-136-92169-9

1-136-92170-2

1-282-91907-5

9786612919077

0-203-84466-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

331.21

331.255

Soggetti

Employee fringe benefits

Labor costs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Structure of Non-Wage Labour Costs: Definitions and Distinctions; 3 The Quantitative Importance of Non-Wage Labour Costs; 4 Why Do Firms Incur Such Costs?; 5 Factor Substitution and Non-Wage Labour Costs; 6 Cyclical Employment Effects; 7 Wage Inflation and Wage Rigidities; 8 Unemployment Insurance, Other Obligatory Social Welfare Contributions and Unemployment; 9 Worksharing and Non-Wage Labour Costs; 10 Fringe Benefit Payments; 11 Should Governments Attempt to Reduce Non-Wage Labour Costs?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout the OECD, 30% of the average firm's total labour costs comprises items which are other than direct remuneration. This reissue, first published in 1984, focuses upon these non-wage labour costs, which include; fringe-benefit payments, obligatory social-welfare contributions, holiday entitlements and expenditures on recruitment and training, seeking to make amends for the woeful lack of consideration given to these important factors in previous wage literature. The book focuses on two major areas of enquiry: firstly, the



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