April 2026
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The Cultural Cost of Overwork: Evidence from Switzerland’s Röstigraben
cats: Causal Inference, Panel Data Analysis
Does culture shape how burdensome overtime work feels to workers? We exploit Switzerland’s linguistic border, the Röstigraben, where French- and German-speaking workers share the same labor laws but inherit different attitudes toward work and leisure. Using data from the Swiss Household Panel (1999–2023), we show that each extra hour beyond...