mothers to reduce their weekly working hours without renouncing their permanent contract, hence maintaining a regular schedule …. Second, with this work arrangement, working mothers' child penalty declined from a 47 percent drop in hours worked to a 38 …

In a competitive model we ease the assumption that efficiency units of labour are the product of hours and workers. We … show that a minimum wage may either increase or decrease hours per worker and the change will have the opposite sign to the … slope of the equilibrium hours hourly wage locus. Similarly, total hours worked may rise or fall. We illustrate the results …

-term losses into components attributable to fewer work hours and to reduced hourly wage rates. We also examine the extent to which … the reduced earnings, work hours, and wages of these displaced workers can be attributed to factors specific to pre- and … displacement can be explained almost entirely by lost work hours; however, five years after displacement, the relative earnings …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … variable that is significant along with attitudes, is the OECD index of employment protection legislation. For hours worked the …

We model a competitive labour market where firms choose combinations of workers and hours per worker to produce output …. If one assumes that the scale of production has no impact on hours per worker, then the change in the number of workers … and hours per worker resulting from a minimum wage are inversely related. We demonstrate that total hours worked at the …

We model a standard competitve labour market where firms choose combinations of workers and hours per worker to produce … output. If one assumes that the scale of production has no impact on hours per worker, then the change in the number of … workers and hours per worker resulting from a minimum wage are inversely related, We also demonstrate that total hours worked …