Can a Shorter Workweek Induce Higher Employment? : Mandatory Reductions in the Workweek and Employment Subsidies /
A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy. In g...
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Format: | Tidsskrift |
Sprog: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1999.
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Serier: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1999/144 |
Online adgang: | Full text available on IMF |