Diminishing returns at work : the consequences of long working hours / John H. Pencavel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pencavel, John H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hours of labor--United States.

Hours of labor.

Hours of labor--Great Britain.

Wages--United States.

Wages.

Wages--Great Britain.

Labor productivity--United States.

Labor productivity.

Labor productivity--Great Britain.

Industrial hygiene--United States.

Industrial hygiene.

Industrial hygiene--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This work concerns working hours - in the past and in the present, in America and in Britain. The focus is on the relationship between working hours and outcome , such as production and health.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

I. Introduction: Why Working Hours?

II. A Brief History of Working Hours

III. Conceptual Framework

IV. Estimates of Production Functions

V. Further Implications of the Augmented Production Functions

VI. Hours of Work, Health, and Well-Being

VII. The Association between Working Hours and Hourly Earnings

VIII. Concluding Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-087618-2

0-19-087619-0

0-19-087617-4