The 2nd ISEG Research seminar of the 2024-25 Academic Year will count with the participation of Pedro Gomes, a professor at Birkbeck University of London, who will present a paper entitled 'Four-day week: lessons from a pilot-project in Portugal“.
The seminar will take place from 13.00 to 14.00 in Lecture Theatre 3 (Quelhas, 4th Floor).
Free admission.
Abstract:
I will present the results from a study of 41 companies that tested a 4 day week as a management practice in Portugal in 2023, describing the effects on firms and workers, and use them to draw conclusions for economists about the concrete mechanisms by which the reduction of working time can raise productivity in firms.