Implementing the 35 hour workweek by means of overtime taxation

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-206

  Osuna, Victoria ^a   Ríos Rull, José Víctor ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

35 hour workweek; Labor policy; Overtime; Workweek

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037289504     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-2025(02)00014-5     Document Type: Review

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