斯科特认为,道伊的论文忽略了相当多的证据,即当工作时间从较高的基础水平减少时,小时生产率就会提高。
Scott argues that Dowie's thesis ignores considerable evidence that hourly productivity improves when hours are reduced from a high base level.
90年前,知名经济学家曾预测,技术进步和生产率提高意味着每周工作时间将达到15小时。
Nine decades ago, leading economists predicted that technological advances and rising productivity would mean that would be working a 15-hour week.
很长一段时间以来,欧元区需要两样东西:首先是它有更多的人从事工作,其次则是他们的生产率(每小时产出)增长的更快。
For a long time, the euro area has needed two things: first, that more of its people work; second, that their productivity (ie, output per hour) rises faster.
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