Beschäftigungseffekte von Arbeitszeitverkürzung

Philipp Poyntner

Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, 2016, vol. 42, issue 4, 665-684

Abstract: Persistently high unemployment rates in Europa have refueled the discussion of worksharing as a means to boost employment. Theoretical as well as empirical studies do not reach a consensus whether a shorter working week increases or reduces employment. Empirical studies using microdata often find no or a negative employment effect, whereas time-series models often find a positive relationship. Building on work by Kapteyn et al. (2004), a macroeconomic model is developed to estimate long-run cointegrating relationships. For a panel of 18 european countries, two enhancements to the literature are made. First, the average working hours of those full employed are used, limiting noise by part-time work. Second, cross-section dependencies are controlled for. The result of the ARDL model suggest a positive relationship between shorter working weeks and employment.

Keywords: Arbeitszeitverkürzung; Beschäftigungsentwicklung (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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