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Economic Analysis: Theory and Practice
 

The number of employed as a macroeconomic indicator of working time dynamics

Vol. 19, Iss. 5, MAY 2020

Received: 18 March 2020

Received in revised form: 29 March 2020

Accepted: 9 April 2020

Available online: 28 May 2020

Subject Heading: ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CAPITAL

JEL Classification: О11, О14, О15, О33, Р36

Pages: 935–945

https://doi.org/10.24891/ea.19.5.935

Zaikova I.A. Territorial Authority of Federal State Statistics Service for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
ZAI91@yandex.ru

ORCID id: not available

Subject. The working time of workers at any stage of economic development is a value reflecting the level of labor productivity. Any progress in productivity contributes to changes in the volume of labor costs and the number of employed. Depending on the relationship between the total volume of labor costs and the number of employed, the duration of working time per one worker may change (it may increase, decrease, or remain unchanged).
Objectives. The study aims to confirm the importance of such a macroeconomic indicator as the number of employed in varying working hours.
Methods. The study rests on the comparative analysis of countries with developed economies based on some indicators like dynamics of the working time fund, dynamics of the number of employed, average number of hours worked during the year per employee, etc. The analyzed timespan is 25 years (from 1991 to 2016).
Results. The comparative analysis revealed that in the non-production sphere and the economy as a whole the macroeconomic determinants correlate so that the length of working time per worker reduces. When considering the analysis results for the manufacturing sector, no single trend was identified.
Conclusions. One of the key factors affecting the change in working hours is the number of employed. The relationship between the working time fund and the number of employed directly determines the dynamics of working time per worker.

Keywords: number of employed, employment, working time, macroeconomic determinants

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