product and in labour markets, in the determination of sectoral employment growth in Italy during the last forty years (1951 … markets were quantitatively more important than changes in product markets in the determination of sectoral employment growth … remained constant after 1973, our simulations suggest that, on average, industrial and service employment would have been …

lower unemployment. Whether ‘work-sharing’ works – whether employment rises when hours per worker are reduced – is … standard hours, employment rose by 0.3–0.7%, but that total hours worked fell by 2–3%, implying possible output losses. As a … group, however, workers were better off as the wage bill rose. The employment growth implied by the mean standard hours …

product demand can affect employment under these conditions. The analysis suggests that the longer-term effectiveness of …

employment are determined by optimizing choices in an imperfectly competitive setting. It turns out that underemployment …

reductions in other sectors. The union campaign aimed to increase employment through ‘work-sharing’, and is being emulated in the …