The economics of worktime length, adjustment, and flexibility: A synthesis of contributions from competing models of the labor market

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-54

  Golden, Lonnie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Flexible hours; Labor market; Work hours; Work sharing; Worktime; Workweek

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038986186     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769600000001     Document Type: Article

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