Mismatches Between Actual and Preferred Work Time: Empirical Evidence of Hours Constraints in 21 Countries

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Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples: Are There Spillovers? (2012, background): “, Otterbach, S. and Sousa-Poza, A. (2011). Work hours constraints and health, IZA Discussion Papers 6126, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Bell, L. A. and Freeman, R. B. (2001). The incentive for working hard: explaining hours worked differences in the US and Germany, Labour Economics 8(2): 1”
“Friday off”: Reducing Working Hours in Europe (2013, background): “reduction in income [51,52], but currently they cannot do it (of course without a reduction in wage, which was how the 40-hour week was typically introduced, most workers would prefer to work less).”
What is the relationship between long working hours, over-employment, under-employment and the subjective well-being of workers? Longitudinal evidence from the UK (2015, background): “In this changing context, mismatches between actual and preferred working hours, resulting in either over- or under-employment are relatively common (see Otterbach, 2010, for the most recent evidence).”
Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature (2013, background): “On the contrary, according to several studies [117,158], workers will be willing to forgo future increases in income in exchange for a reduction in work hours since future income is less valued.”