More Leisure or Higher Pay? A Mixed-methods Study on Reducing Working Time in Austria
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.016
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Working-time reduction; Working-time policy; Preferences; Overemployment; Mixed methods; Labour supply;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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