2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'There has been an explosion of interest in the ``four-day-week{''''}
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movement across the globe, especially due to its potential in addressing
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many of the societal challenges left by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Four-day-week is a movement set to shorten the working hours of
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full-time workers without a reduction in pay. I aim to set out the case
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for a national move towards a four-day-week explaining why social policy
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scholars should lead the debate. First, I provide evidence of the
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societal costs that the current long-hours work culture has on workers''
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and their family''s well-being and welfare, social inequality, and social
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cohesion. Shorter working can help tackle these issues by giving workers
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right to time, shifting the balance between work and non-work activities
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in our lives and valuing them both. Social policy scholars need to lead
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this debate owing to our existing knowledge and expertise in dealing
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with these social issues and state-level interventions. In addition,
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without pressing for fundamental changes in our labour market, we cannot
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adequately address some of the key challenges we face as a society. The
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paper ends with key research questions social policy scholars should
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address as a part of this move.'
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affiliation: 'Chung, H (Corresponding Author), Univ Kent, Sociol \& Social Policy,
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Canterbury, Kent, England.
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Chung, Heejung, Univ Kent, Sociol \& Social Policy, Canterbury, Kent, England.'
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article-number: PII S0047279422000186
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author: Chung, Heejung
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author-email: h.chung@kent.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Chung
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given: Heejung
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1017/S0047279422000186
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earlyaccessdate: MAR 2022
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eissn: 1469-7823
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files: []
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issn: 0047-2794
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journal: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY
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keywords: Social Policy; four-day-week; working hours; labour market; reform
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keywords-plus: 'WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; MOTHERHOOD PENALTY; WORKING HOURS; FATHERS WORK;
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GENDER; TIME; OVERWORK; CONVERGENCE; CHILDBIRTH; COUNTRIES'
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '78'
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orcid-numbers: Chung, Heejung/0000-0002-6422-6119
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pages: 551-566
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papis_id: f37983c0c8e7977d9f8cf34d08a4b043
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ref: Chung2022socialpolicy
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researcherid-numbers: Chung, Heejung/P-4367-2014
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times-cited: '4'
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title: A Social Policy Case for a Four-Day Week
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000773736200001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '17'
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usage-count-since-2013: '63'
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volume: '51'
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web-of-science-categories: Public Administration; Social Issues; Social Work
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year: '2022'
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