Explaining Divergent Work-Leisure Trends
Imagine two countries, Country A and Country B, that both experience identical, significant increases in per-capita income over 30 years. In Country A, average annual working hours decrease by 20%. In Country B, they remain unchanged. Beyond the shared economic change, identify one plausible cultural factor and one plausible political factor that could explain the different outcomes in working hours between the two countries.
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