Worker productivity, working time reduction, and the short-run and long-run employment effects

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-368

  Huang, Chun Chieh ^a   Chang, Juin Jen ^b   Lai, Ching Chong ^c   Lin, Chung Cheng ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0346281733     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00236     Document Type: Article

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