Boeri, Tito
Professor of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan
Burda, Michael
Professor of Economics, Humboldt University Berlin
Kramarz, Francis
Head of the Research Department at CREST-INSEE and Associate Professor at Ecole Polytechnique
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923102-7
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0012
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923102-7
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0012
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Work-Sharing, Part-Time Employment, and Childcare
This chapter gives an overview of how work-sharing was implemented in the Netherlands. It shows that its employment effects were limited. However, work-sharing in the early 1980s was responsible for an unprecedented level of part-time employment in the Netherlands. This chapter is organized as follows. First, it discusses how work-sharing was implemented in the Netherlands. It then discusses the employment effects of work-sharing, especially regardng part-time employment. The influence of public policy and social values on labour force participation is considered.
Keywords: working hours, the Netherlands, part-time employment, public policy, social values
Keywords: working hours, the Netherlands, part-time employment, public policy, social values
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0012
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