A work-life recalibration helps explain why.
The research suggests that the decline in hours has something to do with a shift in attitudes toward work over the past few years, with more people reevaluating their work-life balance in favor of the life part.
About 10% of the decline could be attributable to workers with long COVID, the authors estimate. The rest is "more of a puzzle," they write.
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