Operating Hours and Working Times: A Survey of Capacity Utilisation and Employment in the European Union (Contributions to Economics)

The book presents the descriptive findings and analytical results from the recent 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 size and all sectors of the economy. Several relevant questions are addressed on the basis of the survey, such as: What are the operating hours of the different European countries that form the six country studies of this research? What are the differences between sectors of activities and establishment sizes? By means of what type of working-time organisation are those operating hours accomplished? What is the relationship between operating hours and employment? The book is the most comprehensive analysis on Operating Hours, Capacity Utilisation, Working Times and Employment in the European Union available. 1. The Value Added Of Representative Comparative Eu Data On Operating Hours, Working Times, Capacity Utilisation And Employment / Lei Delsen, Derek Bosworth, Hermann Gross And Rafael Munoz De Bustillo Y Llorente -- 2. Methodology Of The Eucowe Project / Frank Bauer, Hermann Gross And Georg Sieglen -- 3. Cross-country Comparison Of Operating Hours, Capacity Utilisation, Working Times And Employment / Frank Bauer, Hermann Gross, Rafael Munoz De Bustillo Y Llorente, Enrique Fernandez Macias And Georg Sieglen -- 4. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In France / Gilbert Cette, Yusuf Kocoglu And Arnaud Sylvain -- 5. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In Germany / Frank Bauer, Hermann Gross, Steffen Lehndorff, Sebastian Schief And Georg Sieglen -- 6. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In The Netherlands / Lei Delsen And Jeroen Smits -- 7. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In Portugal / Alberto Castro And Jose M. Varejao -- 8. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In Spain / Rafael Munoz De Bustillo Y Llorente And Enrique Fernandez Macias -- 9. Operating Hours, Working Times And Employment In The Uk / Mark Smith, Derek Bosworth And Marilyn Carroll. Lei Delsen ... [et Al.], (editors). A Survey Of Companies In France, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, And The United Kingdom. On Title Page--with 4 Figures And 85 Tables. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages I-VI The Value Added of Representative Comparative EU Data on Operating Hours, Working Times, Capacity Utilisation and Employment....Pages 1-20 Methodology of the EUCOWE Project....Pages 21-39 Cross-country Comparison of Operating Hours, Capacity Utilisation, Working Times and Employment....Pages 41-71 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in France....Pages 73-94 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in Germany....Pages 95-120 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in the Netherlands....Pages 121-146 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in Portugal....Pages 147-167 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in Spain....Pages 169-195 Operating Hours, Working Times and Employment in the UK....Pages 197-223 Back Matter....Pages 225-251 This book presents findings and results from the recent 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 standardised company survey covering all sizes of firms and all sectors of the economy. It is the most comprehensive analysis yet published on Operating Hours, Capacity Utilisation, Working Times and Employment in the EU. This book presents the descriptive findings and some first analytical results 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