"Ein wichtiger Aspekt für die Erhaltung und Steigerung der Lebensqualität ist das Balancieren grundlegender Bereiche des täglichen Lebens, zu denen neben der Erwerbsarbeit auch Partnerschaft, Familie, Hobbys, gemeinnützige Arbeit und die Gesundheit gehören. Zusammengefasst wird dies in dem...

Background: Worktime is one of the main drivers of life satisfaction, and a balanced distribution of working hours and leisure hours directly impacts feelings of well-being. Based on previous studies, we seek to confrm this relationship in the European context and explore other potential driving...

This paper provides a first assessment of the causal impact of the 2018-2021 reform in Korea meant to combat its long working-hour culture. The reform consists of lowering the statutory limit on total weekly working hours from 68 to 52. We apply a difference-in-difference approach in which we...