Work hour constraints in the German nursing workforce: A quarter of a century in review

The concept of “work hour constraints” (WHC), defined as the mismatch between desired and actual worktime in the labor market, is widely addressed in the economic literature [1–8]. At any given time, WHC are omnipresent in the workforce, with a large portion of workers preferring to work less or more than th ey actually do at the given wage [9]. Large mismatches between desired and actual working time are explained by a plethora of reasons, including poverty, job insecurity, and income inequality [9,10].

Source: Health Policy - August 6, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Mohamad Alameddine, Steffen Otterbach, Bayan Rafii, Alfonso Sousa-Poza Source Type: research