000135836 001__ 135836 000135836 005__ 20251020073708.0 000135836 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1093/oep/gpad043 000135836 0248_ $$2sideral$$a138853 000135836 037__ $$aART-2024-138853 000135836 041__ $$aeng 000135836 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1610-5451$$aGimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000135836 245__ $$aTrends in effort at work in the UK 000135836 260__ $$c2024 000135836 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000135836 5203_ $$aThis article links detailed 24-h diary surveys in the UK for the last four decades, to provide evidence of an increase in work effort in three specific dimensions: timing, nature, and composition. We rule out certain proposed explanations of these trends, finding that the decrease in the frequency of on-the-job leisure is more pronounced for workers in routine task-intensive occupations. Alternative supply-side and demand-side explanations, such as changes in relative preferences for leisure, or an increase in off-shoring, or competition for jobs, cannot explain our results. Our findings suggest that the amount and frequency of on-the-job leisure can be used as a measure of work effort, and that the routine-biased technological changes experienced during this period lie at the root of the increase in work effort in the UK. 000135836 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00 000135836 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000135836 590__ $$a1.1$$b2024 000135836 592__ $$a0.559$$b2024 000135836 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b372 / 617 = 0.603$$c2024$$dQ3$$eT2 000135836 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2024$$dQ2 000135836 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000135836 700__ $$aSevilla, Almudena 000135836 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000135836 773__ $$g76, 3 (2024), 628-646$$pOxf. Econ. Pap.$$tOxford Economic Papers$$x0030-7653 000135836 8564_ $$s467069$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135836/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint$$zinfo:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-10-20 000135836 8564_ $$s1116834$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135836/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint$$zinfo:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-10-20 000135836 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:135836$$particulos$$pdriver 000135836 951__ $$a2025-09-22-14:37:34 000135836 980__ $$aARTICLE