ABSTRACT
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 countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
Current trends and patterns in work hours
part II|88 pages
Empirical and theoretical foundations
chapter 7|21 pages
The incentive to work hard
Differences in black and white workers' hours and preferences
chapter 9|16 pages
Natural, social, and political limits to work time
The contemporary relevance of Marx's analysis
chapter 10|16 pages
Revising the labor supply curve
Implications for work time and minimum wage legislation
part III|88 pages
Innovations in working time and public policy
chapter 11|20 pages
Working time reductions, employment consequences and lessons from Europe
177Defusing a quasi-religious controversy
chapter 12|16 pages
The “lump-of-labor” case against work-sharing
Populist fallacy or marginalist throwback?
chapter 15|12 pages
History and housework
Implications for work hours and family policy in market economies
