Working time : international trends, theory and policy perspectives / edited by Lonnie Golden & Deborah M. Figart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golden, Lonnie.

Figart, Deborah M.

European Commission.

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations, and Social Affairs. Directorate V/D.2.

Series:

Advances in social economics.

Advances in social economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hours of labor.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Working time is a crucial issue for both research and public policy. This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a unique discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening of the working week, and flexible work practices.Time at work is affected by a complex web of evolving culture and social relations, as well as market, technological, and macroeconomic forces, and institutions such as collective bargaining and government policy. Using a variety of new data sources, the authors review the latest trends on working time in numerous countrie

Contents:

Cover; Working Time: International trends, theory and policy perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction and overview: Understanding working time around the world; PART I Current trends and patterns in work hours: What is the evidence?; 2 The enigma of working time trends; 3 Working time reduction in the European Union: A diversity of trends and approaches; 4 The longest day: Working time for teachers; 5 Working hours and time pressure: The controversy about trends in time use

PART II Empirical and theoretical foundations: Explaining overwork and underemployment6 Who are the overworked Americans?; 7 The incentive to work hard: Differences in black and white workers' hours and preferences; 8 Driven to spend: Longer work hours as a byproduct of market forces; 9 Natural, social, and political limits to work time: The contemporary relevance of Marx's analysis; 10 Revising the labor supply curve: Implications for work time and minimum wage legislation; PART III Innovations in working time and public policy

11 Working time reductions, employment consequences and lessons from Europe: Defusing a quasi-religious controversy12 The ""lump-of-labor"" case against work-sharing: Populist fallacy or marginalist throwback?; 13 Better timing?: Work schedule flexibility among US workers and policy directions; 14 The social implications of European work time policies: Promoting gender equity?; 15 History and housework: Implications for work hours and family policy in market economies; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-828-5591-0

1-134-58552-7

1-280-40200-8

0-203-18344-4

0-203-19022-X

9780203183441

OCLC:

49851834