People interested in recent analysis of redistributing work through reductions in working time, might like to take a look at the Canadian Report of the Federal Government Advisory Group on Working Time and the Distribution of Work, December, 1994. The Advisory Group commissioned Informetrica to examine the impact of reductions in working time on the economy and on job creation in Canada. A 10% reduction in working time, and a 5 % increase in productivity, phased in over 5 years, and then maintained for another five years, produced a 4.1% reduction in unemployment nationally (from 1995 to 1999). Real GDP was unaffected, whilst disposable income dropped 0.7%, according to the model they used. **************************************** Rupert Downing Victoria, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************
