Determination of Average Working Time in Finland

Petri Böckerman () and Jaakko Kiander

No 157, Working Papers from Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE

Abstract: The paper investigates the determination of average working time in Finland. The issue is studied by using data from six industries from 1960 to 1996. The main empirical result is that both an increase in labour productivity and a widening of tax wedge have contributed to a decline in average working time in Finland. These observations are consistent with the predictions of theoretical model.

Keywords: working hours; work-sharing; tax wedge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 1999-11-05
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