The lump of labor theory assumes that working longer and employing more people is the same thing.

Some fear that extending the workday will not produce more jobs because the resulting expansion of hours worked will reduce the capital labor ratio.

Longer working time can be achieved nearly instantaneously, whereas employing more people is time consuming and expensive, as it typically requires new physical investment. Working longer is thus the ideal way to achieve growth and competitiveness.

Working longer is thus the ideal way to achieve growth and competitiveness.

the number of hours worked in a normal week, i.e., with no vacation.

Working longer will boost economic growth, for if people work longer, then so does capital.

This could be an example for other European countries. The next step for France could be unpaid increases in working times.

Longer working time can be achieved nearly instantaneously, whereas employing more people is time consuming and expensive, as it typically requires new physical investment.

One alternative is to increase working hours without increasing salary per hours proportionally.

But they are very different.

The increased tax burden for all who are employed is analogous to the reduced hours in work sharing.

Committing more soldiers will only compound the error.

Employment growth is simply not keeping up with this population surge, at least not in the sense of decent jobs with decent wages.

In indicator of achievement (b), replace Increased number of cross sectoral activities with Significant increase in the number of cross sectoral activities .

Working longer for the same pay is a useful way of making Europe more competitive, and, when compared to reducing wages, it imposes a much lighter burden on workers and employees.

This would lower the marginal productivity of hours worked sufficiently to offset the positive effects of increasing the number of hours per worker.

Thus, the total effect of the recession on labor income of jobs, hours and wage reductions is much larger.

In other words, they obtained shorter hours (i.e., more vacations) in order to keep employment up. The problem is that total compensation did not go down in proportion to the shorter hours, thus leading to an increase in pay per hour.

In other words, they obtained shorter hours (i.e., more vacations) in order to keep employment up.

Expect more such packages in the future.

There are not even crude gross correlation based estimates of the size of this effect, but economists believe that it is very real.

Would it cost a negligible number of jobs?

These job losses will then be multiplied locally and nationally.

The claimed increase in jobs has barely kept up with growth in the labor force.

The French actions follow changes in Germany, where some recent wage settlements resulted in longer working times.

Policymakers should remember that the housing boom was fueled by easy monetary policy, which sought to expand job growth as the US recovered from the last recession.

Critics argue that this construction culture has become a form of violence.

But, as productivity is much higher in Germany, an effective reduction of hourly labor costs by uncompensated increases in working hours seems worth trying.

Part of the country s success in reducing poverty reflects strong job creation.

Siemens was the forerunner, going from 35 to 40 hours per week.

The problem is that total compensation did not go down in proportion to the shorter hours, thus leading to an increase in pay per hour.

Free trade is good not only for big corporations, or for job growth.

They found that of the 31 million German workers questioned, 30 want fewer (but pay adjusted) working hours, but that 26 want to work longer hours.

Despite 30 months of private sector job growth, the US still confronts a large jobs deficit.

But tomorrow s capacity expansion from today s investment would mean a permanent increase in the number of jobs created from tomorrow onward.

It is very likely that hours worked will continue to fall in the third quarter.

Right across much of the world North America being a notable exception working hours have been coming down.

In these circumstances, more complicated regulations merely mean more billable hours for lawyers, more income for regulators switching sides, and more profits for derivatives traders.

Such measures, designed to create jobs by freeing up work hours, are futile at best, and are often detrimental.

As the emotions in Washington today suggest, the aversion to tax increases runs far deeper than concern about their effect on current economic performance and job growth.

Many are worried that the increasing number of tourists will only mean more trash and pollution, not jobs and income.

Millions of bank customers using mobile phones can provide immediate feedback on which products and services they like or dislike.

The obvious solution is for governments to create more cash to satisfy the demand for safe, secure, liquid assets.

But the rise of interactive social networking has made financial innovation more bottom up.

The degradation in the air quality has primarily been caused by an increase in cars and two wheelers in the cities and rural areas.