Does good management and higher productivity come at the expense of work-life balance? Or is good work-life balance an important component of the management of successful firms? New research by Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer and John Van Reenen finds evidence for a hybrid view between these two polar extremes.

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Nicholas Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer and John Van Reenen

June 2006     Paper Number CEPCP202

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