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Could working less reduce pressures on the environment? A cross-national panel analysis of OECD countries, 1970–2007
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In this paper, the authors investigate the effect of working hours on three environmental indicators: ecological footprint, carbon footprint, and carbon dioxide emissions, and find that working hours are associated with greater environmental pressures and thus may be an attractive target for policies promoting environmental sustainability.Abstract:
Many scholars and activists are now advocating a program of economic degrowth for developed countries in order to mitigate demands on the global environment. An increasingly prominent idea is that developed countries could achieve slower or zero economic growth in a socially sustainable way by reducing working hours. Research suggests that reduced working hours could contribute to sustainability by decreasing the scale of economic output and the environmental intensity of consumption patterns. Here, we investigate the effect of working hours on three environmental indicators: ecological footprint, carbon footprint, and carbon dioxide emissions. Using data for 1970–2007, our panel analysis of 29 high-income OECD countries indicates that working hours are significantly associated with greater environmental pressures and thus may be an attractive target for policies promoting environmental sustainability.read more
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