in working hours may have two contrasting effects on hourly productivity: a "fatigue effect" and a "learning effect." An … linkage between working time and productivity, supporting the existence of a learning effect as well as a fatigue effect from … the working time system: (i) a reduction in working hours, on one hand, may increase productivity by reducing fatigue and …

to productivity and monetary policy shocks. I allow the labor input to change both at the extensive margin and at the … sluggish response of inflation. I find that output and consumption show large and persistent responses to productivity and …

decline in productivity growth and the average number of hours per person observed across major industrialized countries …

elasticity is equal to one. This suggests that a reduction in working hours would not have any significant productivity effects …

measurement of long-run productivity change. The analysis provides a link between a technology rooted in physical capital with one … rooted in human capital. Shiftwork, Capital Hours and Productivity Change, which emphasizes empirical research, should be of … multifactor productivity statistics that are now being published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for detailed (two …

An identical two-sector productivity shock causes Rybczynski (1955) and Stolper and Samuelson (1941) effects that … responses; Gali's (1999) negative impulse response of labour supply; and hours volatility. -- real business cycle ; human …