The Employment Effects of Working Time Reductions: Sector-Level Evidence from European Reforms
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- Cyprien Batut & Andrea Garnero & Alessandro Tondini, 2023. "The employment effects of working time reductions: Sector‐level evidence from European reforms," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(3), pages 217-232, July.
- Batut, Cyprien & Garnero, Andrea & Tondini, Alessandro, 2022. "The Employment Effects of Working Time Reductions: Sector-Level Evidence from European Reforms," IZA Discussion Papers 15566, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
working time; work sharing; employment; wages; value-added;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2022-07-18 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EEC-2022-07-18 (European Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2022-07-18 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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