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Working Time In Comparative Perspective: Volume I - Patterns, Trends, And The Policy Implications Of Earnings Inequality And Unemployment, Ging Wong, Editor, W. G. Picot, Editor
Working Time In Comparative Perspective: Volume I - Patterns, Trends, And The Policy Implications Of Earnings Inequality And Unemployment, Ging Wong, Editor, W. G. Picot, Editor
Upjohn Press
The chapters in this volume focus on weekly hours worked by individuals, including the recent changes in the distribution of weekly working time in Canada and the United States, the implications of the changing distribution of hours worked for earnings inequality, and efforts to reduce unemployment through mandated hours reductions.
Working Time In Comparative Perspective: Volume Ii - Life-Cycle Working Time And Nonstandard Work, Susan N. Houseman Editor, Alice Nakamura Editor
Working Time In Comparative Perspective: Volume Ii - Life-Cycle Working Time And Nonstandard Work, Susan N. Houseman Editor, Alice Nakamura Editor
Upjohn Press
The chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under two topics: 1) working time over the life cycle, and 2) nonstandard work arrangements (e.g., temporary work, job sharing and moonlighting).