{"entry":{"title":"Climate Change Solution: Reduced Work Hours","date":"Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:00:00 -0600","author":"David Rosnick, CEPR","description":"
As productivity grows in high-income, as well as developing countries, social choices will be made as to how much of the productivity gains will be taken in the form of higher consumption levels versus fewer work hours. In the last few decades, for example, western European countries have significantly reduced work hours (through shorter weekly hours and increased vacation time) while the United States has not.<\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.cepr.net\/index.php\/publications\/reports\/reduced-work-hours-as-a-means-of-slowing-climate-change"}}