Green, F. and McIntosh, S. (2001) The intensification of work in Europe. Labour Economics, 8 (2). pp. 291-308. ISSN 0927-5371 .
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Abstract
Across many European countries, the 1990s have witnessed an intensification of labour effort. Using data from The European Survey on Working Conditions (ESWCs), we find that Britain has experienced the fastest rise in work effort, while in western Germany, Denmark and Greece there has been very little effort intensification. Effort is higher in jobs that use computers more frequently, and, with the exception of Britain, higher in private sector than public sector jobs. Effort has increased faster in countries where trade union density has declined the most. However, there remains a significant shift in effort that is not accounted for by available explanatory variables.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional information: | Sp. Iss. SI |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | work effort; international comparisons; computers; trade unions |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Economics |
| Depositing User: | Francis Green |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2008 12:29 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 14:18 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4865 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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