Could a 4-day week help economies recover from the pandemic? | World Economic Forum

As the above chart shows, labour productivity isn't necessarily linked to longer hours.

If employers do decide to shift to a four-day week, without paying employees any less, it would give New Zealanders more leisure time to explore their own backyard, as Ardern put it.

On the same day as New Zealand emerged from lockdown, with cafes, restaurants and shops opening on 14 May for the first time in nearly two months, the government announced a USD $244 million Tourism Recovery Fund .

In the year ending March 2019, tourism contributed USD $9.9 billion to GDP equivalent to 5.8%.

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