| Titre | Structure de coût généralisée et horaire optimal | |
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| Auteur | Radu Vranceanu, François Contensou | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 125, 1996/4 | |
| Page | 37-50 | |
| Résumé anglais |
General Cost Structure and Optimal Working Hours François Contensou and Radu Vranceanu
This study endeavours to show the role that indirect labour costs can play in explaining the working week formed spontaneously in a decentralised economy. The first part of the paper considers production to be predetermined by a market outlet constraint. The model is then generalised by considering the activity level of firms to be endogenous. The analysis reveals the systematic formation of a working hours conflict and shows the determining factors behind this conflict. It is also possible to use this framework to represent the effects of legal reductions in working hours, advocated as a tool for curbing unemployment. The findings here are inconclusive. The study specifies the conditions needed for these government-imposed working- week reductions to really encourage firms to hire more employees. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1996_num_125_4_5805 |
