Work-Sharing, Part-Time Employment, and Childcare

Francis Kramarz; Pierre Cahuc; Bruno Crépon; Oskar N. Skans; Thorsten Schank; Gijsbert van Lomwel; André Zylberberg

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0012

Work-Sharing, Part-Time Employment, and Childcare

Francis Kramarz
, Pierre Cahuc
, Bruno Crépon
, Oskar N. Skans
, Thorsten Schank
, Gijsbert van Lomwel
, André Zylberberg

IFAU-Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
CentER, Tilburg University
Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of how work-sharing was implemented in the Netherlands. It shows that its employment effects were limited. However, work-sharing in the early 1980s was responsible for an unprecedented level of part-time employment in the Netherlands. This chapter is organized as follows. First, it discusses how work-sharing was implemented in the Netherlands. It then discusses the employment effects of work-sharing, especially regardng part-time employment. The influence of public policy and social values on labour force participation is considered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA
Subtitle of host publication	Are Europeans Lazy? Or Americans Crazy?
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191710834
ISBN (Print)	9780199231027
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231027.003.0012
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2008

Keywords

Part-time employment
Public policy
Social values
The netherlands
Working hours

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