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Work sharing and productivity: evidence from firm level data

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  • Paul Lanoie
  • Francois Raymond
  • Bruce Shearer

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This paper is the first to examine empirically how work sharing influences workers' productivity, using a unique data set from a large Canadian firm. This firm has adopted a work sharing scheme for one year, which allows comparison of workers' productivity with and without the work sharing programme. It is found that work sharing has led to a significant decrease in labour productivity.

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  • Paul Lanoie & Francois Raymond & Bruce Shearer, 2001. "Work sharing and productivity: evidence from firm level data," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(9), pages 1213-1220.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:33:y:2001:i:9:p:1213-1220
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840122568
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    1. Michael Huberman & Robert Lacroix, 1996. "Le partage de l'emploi : Solution au chômage ou frein à l'emploi ?," CIRANO Monographs, CIRANO, number 1996mo-02, January.
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    2. Heywood, John S. & Siebert, W. Stanley & Wei, Xiangdong, 2005. "The Implicit Costs and Benefits of Family Friendly Work Practices," IZA Discussion Papers 1581, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Arvind Ashta, 2017. "Work-sharing from Different Angles: A literature review," Working Papers CEB 17-033, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    4. Julia Richardson, 2009. "The Manager and the Flexworker: An Interpretive Interactionist Perspective," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 20(1), pages 34-52.
    5. Ohanian, Lee E., 2009. "What - or who - started the great depression?," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 144(6), pages 2310-2335, November.

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