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Hours of Work: A Demand Perspective [PDF]

In Australia, and in other countries, we observe at any one time a wide distribution of hours worked per week. We develop a cost-minimising model to explain employer choices over the number of employees and their hours of work.
Robert Dixon, John Freebairn
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Presenteeism

Medycyna Pracy, 2013
Presenteeism, defined as going to work despite feeling ill, is a relatively new problem. This phenomenon is discussed in several aspects: health, social or labor productivity.
Marzena Malińska
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Part-time work and productivity

Part-time work can be lifeline for women, enabling them to continue in their chosen career but can also become a life sentence, trapping them in jobs that offer limited chances of skill development or advancement.
Bi-Swinglehurst, Isabelle, Rafferty, Anthony; id_orcid, Rubery, Jill   +2 more
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Impact of Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration on Daily Activities and Quality of Life: Interview Findings From Patients and Caregivers Relative to a General Population

Clinical Ophthalmology
Christina X Chamberlain,1 Antonia Morga,2 Yan Song,3 Marie Louise Edwards,4 Annika Anderson,4 Kirthana Sarathy,4 Dana Christensen,4 Alessandro Iannaccone,1,5 Jun Su6 1Astellas Pharma US, Northbrook, IL, USA; 2Astellas Pharma Europe, Addlestone, Surrey ...
Chamberlain CX, Morga A, Song Y, Edwards ML, Anderson A, Sarathy K, Christensen D, Iannaccone A, Su J   +8 more
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The Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Work Productivity: A Preliminary Look at the North American Registry for Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis

NeuroSci
Objective: We aimed to quantify multiple sclerosis (MS)-related work productivity and to illustrate the longitudinal trends for relapses, disease progression, and utilization of health care resources in a nationally representative cohort of working North
Ahya Ali, Kottil Rammohan, June Halper, Terrie Livingston, Sara McCurdy Murphy, Lisa Patton, Jesse Wilkerson, Yang Mao-Draayer, on behalf of the NARCRMS Healthcare Economics Outcomes Research Advisory Group   +8 more
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Quality of Life and Economic Burden in Swedish Adults with Atopic Dermatitis: A Cross-sectional Survey of Patientreported Outcomes

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin disease associated with impaired quality of life. Evidence from Sweden on out-of-pocket expenses and productivity losses remains limited.
Alexandra Metsini, Linda Ryen, Scott Montgomery, Anu Molarius, Åke Svensson, Laura von Kobyletzki   +5 more
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Productivity and discomfort in assembly work: the effects of an ergonomic workplace adjustment at Philips DAP

, 2004
As mentioned in Chapter 9, two major issues play a role in manual assembly operations: reducing discomfort as a precursor to health problems and increasing productivity.
Deursen, J. van, Rhijn, J.W. van, Looze, M.P. de, Grinten, M.P. van der, Schoenmaker, N.   +4 more
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Digital disruption: what do governments need to do? [PDF]

, 2016
The disruptive potential of digital technologies has become a hot topic in recent years. There are calls for governments to add or remove regulations, invest in digital start ups, and protect the jobs of workers threatened by new ways of doing business ...
Productivity Commission
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Wages, Productivity and Work Intensity in the Great Depression [PDF]

We show that U.S. manufacturing wages during the Great Depression were importantly determined by forces on firms' intensive margins. Short-run changes in work intensity and the longer-term goal of restoring full potential productivity combined to ...
Robert A Hart, Julia Darby
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Structural Change and New Zealand's Productivity Performance [PDF]

, 2014
Shift-share analysis decomposes aggregate labour productivity growth into a contribution from withinindustry productivity growth and a contribution from employment movements across industries with differing labour productivity levels.
Meehan, Lisa
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