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| Early Retirement | 1 |
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| Job Development | 1 |
| Job Layoff | 1 |
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| Unemployment | 1 |
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| Roche, William K. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedNemirow, Martin – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Compares the work sharing efforts during the Depression in the 1930s with short-term compensation programs used today as an alternative to extensive layoffs. The effects of work-sharing on productivity in German industry are also examined. (SK)
Descriptors: Job Layoff, Job Sharing, Unemployment, Working Hours
Peer reviewedRoche, William K.; And Others – International Labour Review, 1996
Study of the employment effects of reducing working hours, controlling overtime, job sharing, leave, and early retirement in 10 countries found no significant link between job sharing and employment levels. Work time policies need to be considered in a wider context as a way to address high unemployment. (SK)
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Job Development
