This paper investigates how international trade, investment, and migration affect establishment-level standard weekly hours in Europe. These aspects of globalization have offsetting implications that make it unclear whether it spurs, reduces, or has little net effect on standard hours. To...

This paper examines the time spent commuting to/from work by workers in fifteen European countries, during the last three decades, with the aim of analyzing recent trends in commuting and the factors affecting commuting behavior in those countries. Using data from several waves of the European...

Cover -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- COUNTRY COVERAGE BY REGION -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 NORMAL HOURS LIMITS -- Introduction -- Weekly limits -- Daily limits -- 2 OVERTIME WORK -- Introduction -- Criteria for overtime work -- Prohibitions and limitations on overtime...