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Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume 1: Patterns, Trends, and Policy Implications of Earnings Inequality and Unemployment

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  • Ging Wong
    (Privy Council Office, Government of Canada)

  • Garnett Picot
    (Statistics Canada)

Abstract

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.

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  • Ging Wong & Garnett Picot (ed.), 2001. "Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume 1: Patterns, Trends, and Policy Implications of Earnings Inequality and Unemployment," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number wtcp, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:wtcp
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    Cited by:

    1. Mark Wooden & Diana Warren & Robert Drago, 2009. "Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well‐being," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 47(1), pages 147-179, March.
    2. Peter Frase & Janet Gornick, 2009. "The Time Divide in Cross-National Perspective: The Work Week, Gender and Education in 17 Countries," LIS Working papers 526, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    3. Edwards, Benjamin & Bromfield, Leah M., 2009. "Neighborhood influences on young children's conduct problems and pro-social behavior: Evidence from an Australian national sample," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 317-324, March.
    4. T. H. Gindling & Juan Diego Trejos, 2003. "Accounting for Changing Inequality in Costa Rica, 1980-1999," UMBC Economics Department Working Papers 03-108, UMBC Department of Economics.
    5. Vinod Mishra & Russell Smyth, 2012. "Work Hours in Chinese Enterprises: Evidence From Matched Employer-Employee Data," Monash Economics Working Papers 10-12, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    6. Erling Rasmussen & Jens Lind & Jelle Visser, 2004. "Divergence in Part‐Time Work in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Denmark," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 42(4), pages 637-658, December.
    7. Robert Dixon & Muhammad Mahmood, 2006. "Unemployment Rate Dispersion in Melbourne: The ‘Regional’ Dimension," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 9(3), pages 269-286, September.
    8. World Bank, 2007. "Costa Rica Poverty Assessment : Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction," World Bank Publications - Reports 7678, The World Bank Group.
    9. Steffen Otterbach, 2010. "Mismatches Between Actual and Preferred Work Time: Empirical Evidence of Hours Constraints in 21 Countries," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 33(2), pages 143-161, June.

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    Keywords

    hours worked; earnings inequality;

    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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