Author： Raposo Pedro Ours Jan
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0013-063X
Source： De Economist, Vol.158, Iss.2, 2010-06, pp. : 193-207
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Abstract
December 1, 1996 a new law was implemented in Portugal to gradually reduce the standard workweek from 44 to 40 h. We study how this mandatory reduction affected employment through job creation and job destruction. There was considerable regional, sectoral and firm-size variation in the share of workers who were affected by the working hours reduction. We exploit this variation to assess the impact of the workweek reduction. We find evidence that the working hours reduction had a positive effect on employment through a fall in job destruction.
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