A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe
Can working less lead to a healthier economy and better environmental conditions? Which factors should be taken into consideration when forming an answer to this question? In this article Nicholas Ashford and Giorgos Kallis discuss how affluent economies often have shorter work-weeks and why, under...
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| description | Can working less lead to a healthier economy and better environmental conditions? Which factors should be taken into consideration when forming an answer to this question? In this article Nicholas Ashford and Giorgos Kallis discuss how affluent economies often have shorter work-weeks and why, under the right conditions, more free time can decrease unemployment and help develop a greener, more sustainable Europe. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/850172022-09-28T00:35:26Z A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe Ashford, Nicholas A. Kallis, Giorgos Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Engineering Ashford, Nicholas A. Ashford, Nicholas A. Can working less lead to a healthier economy and better environmental conditions? Which factors should be taken into consideration when forming an answer to this question? In this article Nicholas Ashford and Giorgos Kallis discuss how affluent economies often have shorter work-weeks and why, under the right conditions, more free time can decrease unemployment and help develop a greener, more sustainable Europe. 2014-02-19T20:39:12Z 2014-02-19T20:39:12Z 2013-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1757-5680 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85017 Ashford, Nicholas A. and Giorgos Kallis. "A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe." The European Financial Review (April-May 2013): 53-58. © 2013 The European Financial Review en_US http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=6601 The European Financial Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf EBR Media Nicholas Ashford |
| spellingShingle | Ashford, Nicholas A. Kallis, Giorgos A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title | A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title_full | A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title_fullStr | A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title_short | A Four-day Workweek: a Policy for Improving Employment and Environmental Conditions in Europe |
| title_sort | four day workweek a policy for improving employment and environmental conditions in europe |
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