abstract: 'The well-established association between economic output and carbon

  emissions has led researchers in sociology and related disciplines to

  study new approaches to climate change mitigation, including policies

  that stabilize or reduce GDP growth. Within this degrowth approach,

  working time reduction is a key policy lever to reduce emissions as well

  as protect employment. In the United States, the abdication of

  responsibility for mitigation by the federal government has led to the

  emergence of state climate leadership. This study is the first to

  analyze the relationship between emissions and working hours at the

  state level. Our findings suggest that over the 2007-2013 period,

  state-level carbon emissions and average working hours have a strong,

  positive relationship, which holds across a variety of model estimation

  techniques and net of various political, economic, and demographic

  drivers of emissions. We conclude that working time reduction may

  represent a multiple dividend policy, contributing to enhanced quality

  of life and lower unemployment as well as emissions mitigation.'
affiliation: 'Fitzgerald, JB (Corresponding Author), Boston Univ, Sociol, Boston,
  MA 02215 USA.

  Fitzgerald, Jared B.; Schor, Juliet B.; Jorgenson, Andrew K., Boston Univ, Sociol,
  Boston, MA 02215 USA.

  Jorgenson, Andrew K., Boston Univ, Environm Studies, Boston, MA 02215 USA.'
author: Fitzgerald, Jared B. and Schor, Juliet B. and Jorgenson, Andrew K.
author-email: jared.fitzgerald@bc.edu
author_list:
- family: Fitzgerald
  given: Jared B.
- family: Schor
  given: Juliet B.
- family: Jorgenson
  given: Andrew K.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/sf/soy014
eissn: 1534-7605
files: []
issn: 0037-7732
journal: SOCIAL FORCES
keywords-plus: 'ECONOMIC-GROWTH; GREENHOUSE-GAS; TIME USE; INCOME INEQUALITY; ENERGY

  DEMANDS; CLIMATE-CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; WORLD; INTENSITY; LESS'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '98'
pages: 1851-1874
papis_id: e89942aacebc46314daf44a45faae094
ref: Fitzgerald2018workinghours
times-cited: '54'
title: Working Hours and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the United States, 2007-2013
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000434097300025
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '30'
volume: '96'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2018'