Use it too much and lose everything? The effects of hours of work on health

In this paper, we extend the ‘use it or lose it’ hypothesis to analyse whether the negative effects of working hours eventually dominate the positive effects of work as the hours of work increase. Using panel data from the HILDA survey, we estimate the optimal hours of work for the health status of...

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Main Authors: Shinya Kajitani, Colin McKenzie, Kei Sakata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322002245