The Week

The Week

Is a five-day workweek followed by a two-day weekend a socially optimal schedule? This paper presents a model in which labor productivity and the marginal utility of leisure evolve endogenously over the workweek. Labor productivity is shaped by two...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eden, Maya
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS
ACCOUNTING
PRODUCTION
PREVIOUS SECTION
STOCK
MATERIALS
WORKING
INTEREST RATE
DISCOUNT RATE
INFORMATION
ELASTICITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
WELFARE
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
JOB
LEGAL STATUS
BONDS
INCENTIVES
LABOR ECONOMICS
TRANSMISSION
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
PRICE
INPUTS
TIME PERIOD
PAYMENTS
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE
VALUE OF OUTPUT
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
ESTIMATED PARAMETERS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
TRENDS
OPEN ACCESS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
PRESENT VALUE
INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET
DATA
WORKPLACE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COMPUTERS
WORKER
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY
INCREASING RETURNS
CRITERIA
MARKETS
ORGANIZATIONS
WEB
BUSINESS CYCLE
ERGONOMICS
MATERIAL
WORKS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
LABOR
STANDARDS
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
UTILITY
AVERAGING
FINANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
MANUFACTURING
UNEMPLOYMENT
TECHNOLOGY
CONSUMPTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
WORKERS
CAPITAL
WAGES
FATIGUE
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
PRESENT EVIDENCE
WORK IN PROGRESS
RESULTS
VALUE
ELECTRICITY
MACROECONOMICS
CUSTOM
WORK
OCCUPATIONS
UTILITY FUNCTION
fatigue
memory
calendar reform
leisure
productivity
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26067880/week
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24138

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26067880/week
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24138

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