Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA
Are Europeans Lazy? Or Americans Crazy?
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 February 2008
- ISBN 9780199231027
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 242x163x21 mm
- Weight 591 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous tables and figures 0
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Short description:
Why do Europeans work so little compared to Americans? Can they be induced to work more without reducing labour productivity? If so, how? This volume explores these questions and many 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 working hour restrictions.
MoreLong description:
In the last 50 years the gap in labour productivity between Europe and the US has narrowed considerably with estimates in 2005 suggesting a EU-US labour productivity gap of about 5 per cent. Yet, average per capita income in the EU is still about 30% lower than in the US. This persistent gap in income per capita can be almost entirely explained by Europeans working less than Americans.
Why do Europeans work so little compared to Americans? What do they do with their spare time outside work? Can they be induced to work more without reducing labour productivity? If so, how? And what is the effect on well-being if policies are created to reward paid work as opposed to other potentially socially valuable activities, like childbearing? More broadly, should the state interfere at all when it comes to bargaining over working hours? This volume explores these questions and many more in an attempt to understand the changing nature of the hours worked in the USA and EU, as well as the effects of policies that impose working hour reductions.
Table of Contents:
Understanding Transatlantic Differences in Working Hours
Part I The Distribution of Total Work in the EU and USA
Time Use and Work Timing Inside and Outside the Market
Explaining the Data
Home Production, Set-up Costs, and Welfare
Comments by Alberto Alesina and Christopher Pissarides
Part II Labour Market Effects of Work-Sharing Arrangements in Europe
Relocation of Working Time and Employment
Working Time Developments in Germany
The Two French Work-Sharing Experiments: Employment and Productivity Effects
Unions, Working Hours, and Absence: Sweden
Work-sharing, Part-time Employment, and Childcare
Conclusion
Comments by Guiseppe Nicoletti and Jan van Ours
Final Remarks by Olivier Blanchard, Steve Nickell, and Guido Tabellini
