Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor: what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very flexible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for certain jobs and occupations. Therefore, I simulate Germans' working hours in a more flexible but real world, namely the Dutch labor market. The results indicate that the average weekly working hours of German employees would indeed decrease if they had a Dutch Labor market. Thus, there exists some potent... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2000 |
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Mannheim: Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J24 / J23 / J22 / Arbeitszeit / Arbeitsangebot / Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung / Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung / Beschäftigungseffekt / Schätzung / Deutschland / Niederlande |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26688822 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24402 |