How a Reduction of Standard Working Hours Affects Employment Dynamics

December 1, 1996 a new law was implemented in Portugal to gradually reduce the standard workweek from 44 to 40 hours. We study how this mandatory reduction affected employment through job creation and job destruction. We find evidence that the working hours reduction had a positive effect on employment through a fall in job destruction

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Raposo, Pedro S.
Other Persons:	van Ours, Jan C. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Arbeitszeitgestaltung \| Working time arrangement \| Portugal \| Beschäftigungseffekt \| Employment effect

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
Series:	CentER Discussion Paper Series ; No. 2009-50
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 9, 2009 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1424328 [DOI]
Classification:	J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J63 - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; J81 - Working Conditions
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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