This theoretical article examines the economic effects of compressed and variable work week upon industry. After a definition of the terms of a review of relevant literature, it presents a model which provides some insight into the reasons why management has often taken the initiative in...

This paper deals with measuring the effect of both size and proximity of primary schools on surrounding residential values, using hedonics for that purpose. The data bank consists of a subset of some 4300 single-detached, owner-occupied housing units transacted all over the Quebec Urban...

This paper explores the dynamics of voting over mandatory education when parents allocate children's time between school and labor. When poverty keeps a sufficiently high number of children at work rather than in school, the availability of forms of child labor that provide skill-enhancimg...