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Working Time Reduction: A Feasible New Vision?

Author(s): Miklós Antal
Subject(s): Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: four-day workweek; practical feasibility; social attitudes;

Summary/Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic transformed the world of work. Besides remote working, substantial reductions of working time are increasingly discussed. Whether technological, institutional, and cultural trends help or hinder such reductions is an interesting question. This article summarizes results from the MTA-ELTE Lendület New Vision Research Group regarding changes in the measurability of working time, which matters for the practical implementation of working time reductions, as well as the factors affecting working time preferences, which are key for socio-political feasibility. The main conclusion is that the world of work is increasingly diverse: definitions of work are hardly comparable over contexts, while the realistic types, methods, and chances of working time reductions are increasingly different depending on the context.

  • Issue Year: 32/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 585-598
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian