One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
为什么1930年代会出现那么多的工作分享行为？其中一个原因是有政府在背后推动这一点。在回忆录中，时任总统的赫尔伯特·胡佛估计有200万名劳动者因为他的这一政策而避免了失业。