Work sharing and productivity: evidence from firm level data

Paul Lanoie, Francois Raymond and Bruce Shearer

Applied Economics, 2001, vol. 33, issue 9, 1213-1220

Abstract: This paper is the first to examine empirically how work sharing influences workers' productivity, using a unique data set from a large Canadian firm. This firm has adopted a work sharing scheme for one year, which allows comparison of workers' productivity with and without the work sharing programme. It is found that work sharing has led to a significant decrease in labour productivity.

Date: 2001
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