nowadays developed economies. Specifically, we estimate the expected working hours over the lifetime of ten consecutive cohorts … of life at age 20, the expected working hours over the lifetime have declined from more than 125,000 hours to less than …

We model a standard 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 also demonstrate that total hours …

hours worked per person employed and the share of employment in the total population employed. In this article, Pierre … Fortin from the University of Quebec at Montreal examines differences in annual work hours on a per capita basis between the … United States and Canada. He finds that in 2001 average hours worked was lower in Canada (91 per cent of the U.S. level …

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 …

retired. For female care providers who remain working, we find evidence that they decrease work by 3–10hours per week and face … a 3 percent lower wage than non-caregivers. We find little effect of caregiving on working men's hours or wages. These …