Work Time Regulation as Sustainable Full Employment Strategy: The Social Effort Bargain

ISBN-13: 9780415460576 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 312 str.

Lajeunesse Robe

Opis

The author presents a careful, convincing critique of both reducing work hours and traditional full employment policies, advocating a policy of work time regulation that is appropriate for a 21st century post-industrial economy.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Origins of the Work and Growth Fetish  2. Rethinking the Work Fetish and the Growth Consensus  3. Work Time Regulation as a Macroeconomic Policy Tool  4.  The Ecological and Social Sustainability of Work Time Regulation  5. The Employment Effects of Work Time Reduction  6. A Proposal for Reform  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Robert LaJeunesse is a Senior Economist with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, DC