# Professor Lawrence White offers insights on new data that shows the average work week is shrinking

1 Faculty News July 30, 2019 ![amNewYork logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_047171.jpg?itok=hgocihsv)>

Excerpt from [amNewYork](https://www.amny.com/news/average-nyc-workweek-1.34469865)-- "'The composition is changing and changing toward occupations that have shorter hours. That is a big driver of this overall average effect,' [White](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) said."

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