If hard work doesn't pay off, why do it?

23 December 2024

If hard work doesn't pay off, why do it? On work and inequality.

Why work hard if it won't make you richer anyway or still not be able to buy or rent a house? University lecturer Jaap Nieuwenhuis (Department of Sociology) shows that for young people there is little that motivates them to work hard.

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If hard work doesn't pay off, why do it?

If hard work doesn't pay off, why do it? On work and inequality.

More news

From research to business: RUG Ventures helps ideas move forward

Quota-based publishing agreements: 2026 caps reached for Oxford University Press (hybrid) & Springer, and expected for Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press (gold), LWW and Emerald

Ming Cao reappointed as scientific director of the Jantina Tammes School

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