Working time, employment, and work sharing: Evidence from Sweden

Empirical Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-187

  Jacobson, Tor ^a   Ohlsson, Henry ^b  

^a SVERIGES RIKSBANK   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment; Hours per worker; Maximum likelihood cointegration; Real wages; Work sharing

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0034028667     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050009     Document Type: Article

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