Working Time : International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Working time is a crucial issue for both research and public policy. This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a unique discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening of the working week, and flexible work practices.Time at work is affected by a complex web of evolving culture and social relations, as well as market, technological, and macroeconomic forces, and institutions such as collective bargaining and government policy. Using a variety of new data sources, the authors review the latest trends on working time in numerous countries

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Figart, Deborah M.
Other Persons:	Golden, Lonnie (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Welt \| World \| Theorie \| Theory \| Arbeitszeitgestaltung \| Working time arrangement \| Arbeitszeit \| Working time
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (287 p)
Series:	Routledge Advances in Social Economics Advances in social economics Routledge Advances in Social Economics Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Working Time: International trends, theory and policy perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction and overview: Understanding working time around the world; PART I Current trends and patterns in work hours: What is the evidence?; 2 The enigma of working time trends; 3 Working time reduction in the European Union: A diversity of trends and approaches; 4 The longest day: Working time for teachers; 5 Working hours and time pressure: The controversy about trends in time use PART II Empirical and theoretical foundations: Explaining overwork and underemployment6 Who are the overworked Americans?; 7 The incentive to work hard: Differences in black and white workers' hours and preferences; 8 Driven to spend: Longer work hours as a byproduct of market forces; 9 Natural, social, and political limits to work time: The contemporary relevance of Marx's analysis; 10 Revising the labor supply curve: Implications for work time and minimum wage legislation; PART III Innovations in working time and public policy 11 Working time reductions, employment consequences and lessons from Europe: Defusing a quasi-religious controversy12 The "lump-of-labor" case against work-sharing: Populist fallacy or marginalist throwback?; 13 Better timing?: Work schedule flexibility among US workers and policy directions; 14 The social implications of European work time policies: Promoting gender equity?; 15 History and housework: Implications for work hours and family policy in market economies; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-415-22834-3 ; 978-0-203-18344-1 ; 978-0-415-22834-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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