135836 20260218073512.0 doi 10.1093/oep/gpad043 sideral 138853 ART-2024-138853 eng (orcid)0000-0002-1610-5451 Gimenez-Nadal, Jose Ignacio Universidad de Zaragoza Trends in effort at work in the UK 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.1 2024 ECONOMICS 372 / 620 = 0.6 2024 Q3 T2 0.559 2024 Economics and Econometrics 2024 Q2 2.3 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Sevilla, Almudena 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 76, 3 (2024), 628-646 Oxf. Econ. Pap. Oxford Economic Papers 0030-7653 467069 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135836/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-10-20 1116834 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135836/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-10-20 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:135836 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:38:30 ARTICLE