The working hours issue in Sweden

Christer Sanne
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Christer Sanne: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 1998, vol. 4, issue 4, 715-728

Abstract: The Swedish welfare state model is based on a high volume of male labour and steadily increasing labour market participation by women. General working time reductions to below the 40-hour norm did not previously enter into the trade unions' framework of goals, preference being given to individual working time reductions, for example in the form of parental leave. As a result of the employment crisis in the early 90s the prevalent conception of the welfare state based on economic growth was shattered, so that the idea of general working time reduction began to enjoy increased popularity in large sectors of the population, particularly among women.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/102425899800400410

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