Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift,
Nationaløkonomisk Forening

Abstract: Several European studies show that there are more people in employment who wished that they worked fewer hours than there are people who wished that they worked more hours. The question addressed here is whether imbalanced working hours – working hour tension – influences changes in hours worked: do preferences become reality? On the basis of a Danish longitudinal time-use study, we find that more Danes prefer shorter working hours than longer working hours, which is in contrast to US employees. Moreover, not only do the vast majority of over-employed Danes adjust their working hours, those who are under-employed also do so within a decade. Factors behind these changes are analyzed and means of ensuring an optimization of time- and money-related wellbeing are discussed.

Keywords: Labor supply; working hours

JEL-codes: J22

Language: English

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