Does the four-day week, which has been extensively trialled in recent years, constitute a path to a more balanced and productive world of work? Or is it a model that is ultimately only attractive to a few specific organisations and sectors, which remains economically difficult for most companies to implement and is problematic in times of labour shortages? To answer these questions, the German Economic Institute (IW), a renowned economic institute based in Cologne with close ties to employers,
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.