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A primer on the 35-hour in France, 1997 - 2007
Askenazy, Philippe (contributor) - 2008
unexplored lines of research. -- France ; 35-hour week ; working time ; bargaining …France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate …
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Working time regulation in France from 1996 to 2012
Askenazy, Philippe - In: Cambridge journal of economics 37 (2013) 2, pp. 323-347
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A Primer on the 35-Hour in France, 1997–2007
Askenazy, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762098
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Family-friendly Working Time Arrangements : The Case of France
Bustreel, Anne; Cornuau, Frédérique; Pernod-Lemattre, … - 2013
In France, labour market flexibility continues to be one of the key issues in labour market reform. These changes occur …/or industries, and bargaining power of workers. Being a woman increases the likelihood of having a “super-flexible” work schedule … schedules turn out to play no role while production constraints and bargaining power exert significant effects and explain why …
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Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress : internal versus external labour market flexibility
Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures, especially short-time work (STW). The United States relied on...
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The employment effects of working time reductions : sector-level evidence from European reforms
Batut, Cyprien; Garnero, Andrea; Tondini, Alessandro - 2022
In this paper, we exploit a panel of industry-level data in European countries to study the economic impact of national reductions in usual weekly working hours between 1995 and 2007. Our identification strategy relies on the five national reforms that took place over this period and on initial...
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Employment effects of longer working hours : extending work hours may reduce employment in the short term but may increase it in the long term if hourly pay remains constant
Schank, Thorsten - 2015
Standard hours, a major component of total work hours, vary considerably across Europe. Many countries lowered their standard work hours during the 1980s and 1990s, attempting to boost employment by splitting up a fixed number of worker-hours among more workers. Germany has seen a partial...
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Essential work and emergency childcare : identifying gender differences in COVID-19 effects on labour demand and supply
Meekes, Jordy; Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Kalb, Guyonne - 2020
We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and hourly wages outcomes, and whether the effects are demand or supply driven. COVID-19 impacts are studied using administrative data on all Dutch employees up to 30 June 2020,...
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Essential work and emergency childcare: identifying gender differences in COVID-19 effects on labour demand and supply
Meekes, Jordy; Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Kalb, Guyonne - 2020
We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and hourly wages outcomes, and whether the effects are demand or supply driven. COVID-19 impacts are studied using administrative data on all Dutch employees up to 30 June 2020,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306367
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Explaining the German employment miracle in the great recession : the crucial role of temporary working time reductions
Sturn, Simon; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Lindner, Fabian - 2013
wirkte, während eine Reduktion der Arbeitszeit nicht durchgehend zum Einsatz kam. In der Großen Rezession spielten temporäre …, während die Reduktion der Arbeitszeit in historisch nicht gekanntem Umfang erfolgte. Unter Verwendung der IAB … Arbeitszeitrechnung zeigen wir, dass diese starke Reduktion der Arbeitszeit in der Großen Rezession insbesondere neuen …
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