Work Hours Constraints: Impacts and Policy Implications
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Keywords
labor market; work time; work hours constraints; health; happiness; satisfaction;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2012-01-03 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2012-01-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-01-03 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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