Nearly one in three European workers would prefer to work fewer hours than they currently do. Drawing on 35 years of German data, Christian Krekel, Tim Kremser and George Melios trace what happens to people?s mental health and wellbeing as this mismatch drags on ? and find that, far from getting used to working long hours, people feel worse the longer it lasts.

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10 September 2026

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LSE Business Review

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/09/10/do-people-get-used-to-working-long-hours/

This publication comes under the following theme: Targeting policy at wellbeing