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A redução da jornada de trabalho como solução do desemprego: o mito de Sisífo ou Prometeu

2007; PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15448/1984-7289.2003.2.128

1984-7289

Cássio da Silva Calvete,

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

The purpose of this study was to analyse the possibilities and the limits of the reduction the hours of work in order to create new job places. To reach this aim we analyze the evolution of the hours of work in a year basis in developed countries, the macroeconomics impacts and the possible ways the companies can compensate the reduction of the hours of work. Keywords: Unemployment; hours of work; new job places