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The wages of boredom

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History has shown that those who are not worked all day long need to pursue a hobby to prevent boredom. In the absence of peaceful pastimes such as literature, poetry and plays, bored individuals with poor parenting can turn to violence and even murder to vent their energy.

Author: Scitovsky, Tibor
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 2000
Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Study and teaching, Unemployment, Murder, Parenting, Boredom

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More workers + fewer hours = higher productivity

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Companies can increase labor productivity by reducing the work hours of regular employees and employing additional workers. BMW's experience show that the technique offers various financial and non-financial rewards.

Author: Scitovsky, Tibor
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1996
Methods, Management, Human resource management, Work hours, Automobile industry, BMW AG, Labor productivity

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Lower wages will mean more work for Germany

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The setting up of high minimum wages for German workers have decreased the demand for laborers with low wages. Germany can revive its labor market by allowing the law of supply and demand to control the market.

Author: Siebert, Horst
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: New Perspectives Quarterly
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0893-7850
Year: 1996
Analysis, Germany, Labor market, Wages, Minimum wage

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