The Wormking Time Debate in Western Europe

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High unemployment levels in western Europe have stimulated calls for reorganizing working time. Some reductions in working time as well as more explicit work‐sharing initiatives have occurred; results from these initiatives have been disappointing. Obstacles include attitudes of the different parties involved and little indication of work‐sharing following simulated or actual hours reductions. A greater work‐sharing effect can be anticipated where hours reductions are greater, when they occur in nonrecessionary periods, and where job‐retention as well as job‐creation effects are evaluated.

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