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Comparative Analyses of Operating Hours and Working Times in the European Union

:	Mark Smith, Gilbert Cette, Frank Bauer, Lei Delsen
:	Lei Delsen, Frank Bauer, Gilbert Cette, Mark Smith
:	Comparative Analyses of Operating Hours and Working Times in the European Union
:	Physica-Verlag
:	9783790821857
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:	CHF 85.30
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:	Volkswirtschaft
:	English

:	217
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This volume is the second book based on comparative and comprehensive data from the 2003 representative European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE project is the first representative and standardised European company survey which covers all categories of firm sizes and all sectors of the economy. This volume complements and builds on the first book published in 2007, in which the methodology and the descriptive national findings as well as some first comparative analytical results were presented. In this second book the EUCOWE research team presents in-depth cross-country analyses of the relationship between operating hours, working times and employment in the European Union. Six empirical chapters of this volume provide detailed comparative analyses of the determinants and consequences of the duration and flexibility of opening hours and operating times.

	Contents	5
	1 Topics for Comparative Research on Operating Hours in the EU	7
	1.1 Introduction	7
	1.2 Topics for further cross-country analyses of operating hours	13
	1.3 The structure of this book	16
	References	18
	2 Flexible Working Patterns and Factor Utilisation: A Cross- country Comparison	21
	2.1 Introduction	21
	2.2 The EUCOWE survey and the indicators used in re-gression analyses	24
	2.3 A “ceteris paribus” analysis	26
	2.4 Estimation results	27
	2.5 Conclusions	31
	References	31
	Appendix 2.1 The variables	33
	Appendix 2.2 Distribution of variables	35
	Appendix 2.3	36
	Appendix 2.4 The regression results	38
	B – Overall sample	56
	3 Operating Hours in the EU: the Role of Strategy, Structure and Context	61
	3.1 Introduction	61
	3.2 Hypotheses concerning determinants of operating hours	64
	3.3 Bivariate results	70
	3.4 Multivariate results	77
	3.5 Conclusions	85
	References	86
	4 Exploring Terra Incognita – Operating Hours in the Service Sector	89
	4.1 Introduction	89
	4.2 A heuristic definition of the service sector	91
	4.3 Theoretical discussions on the measurement of operating hours in the service sector	96
	4.4 Empirical results	98
	4.5 Conclusions	114
	References	116
	5 Small and Medium-sized Establishments in Europe: Operating Hours and Working- Time Patterns	122
	5.1 Introduction	122
	5.2 Small and medium sized establishments and working patterns	123
	5.3 The research	125
	5.4 Operating times and working-time patterns	126
	5.5 Multivariate analyses	138
	5.6 Conclusions	144
	References	145
	6 Patterns of Flexibility in Domestic and Foreign Enterprises1	148
	6.1 Introduction	148
	6.2 Globalisation, multinational companies and national institutional settings	150
	6.3 Companies’ flexibility patterns	153
	6.4 Data and methods	154
	6.5 The empirical investigation	155
	6.6 Conclusions	165
	References	166
	7 Capacity Utilisation, Working Time and the Quality of Work	169
	7.1 Introduction	169
	7.2 Capacity utilisation, organisation of working time and the quality of work: analytical framework	171
	7.3 Capacity utilisation, working time and quality of work from an empirical perspective	175
	7.4 Conclusions	190
	References	192
	List of Tables	194
	List of Figures	196
	Author Index	197
	Subject Index	201
	Appendix EUCOWE Questionnaire	205
	A Survey of Operating Hours, Working Time and Employment in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom	205
	About the Contributors	214