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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Psychology
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Correlational studies suggest links between work hours and well-being, but cannot establish causality.
  • Target-trial emulation offers a method to estimate causal effects from observational data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate the causal impact of changing weekly work hours on multiple well-being outcomes.
  • To assess the effects of a hypothetical 10-hour increase or decrease in work hours on 28 well-being indicators.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized three waves of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS, N = 24,579; 2020-2023).
  • Employed target-trial emulation with machine-learning methods to adjust for baseline differences and account for dropout.
  • Estimated effects of shifting weekly work hours up by 10 or down by 10.

Main Results:

  • Decreasing work hours most clearly reduced fatigue and showed better data support.
  • Increasing work hours most clearly raised fatigue and reduced sleep; adverse effects on BMI and perceived physical health were observed but sensitive to confounding.
  • Most well-being outcomes showed minimal change, and effects were generally more robust for fatigue.

Conclusions:

  • Work-hour reductions appear more consistently beneficial for fatigue than increases are detrimental.
  • Effects on body mass index and perceived physical health are sensitive to residual confounding.
  • Shifts in work hours primarily impact recovery and perceived physical health, with limited effects on broader well-being measures.