I would have expected the rise in healthcare employment would result in more night work in the ED, hospice etc. But, looking at the charts in the paper, it seems that the proportion of healthcare work done at night has dropped along with all the other employment categories.
The housing prices impact on fertility rates feels like a modern Malthusian trap. We’ve raised the bar for the quality of life we expect and then the world isn’t keeping up and so there are fewer kids.
I think this is obviously a very small part of a wider picture of why people are having fewer kids. 5% is a small fraction of the entire change, but it’s interesting to think Malthus’s thoughts might still be relevant.
I used to work night shifts a lot back when I worked retail. It was nice when I got assigned to a small town. There was a coziness to it and the police were my regulars. They were always so talkative, grateful to have someone else to chat with.
Possibly the decline in night work is also related to better automation in continuous manufacturing. This is practically a solved problem now whereas maybe 30 years ago it was very difficult. Most manufacturing jobs now are about maintenance and troubleshooting rather than operating machines. This means night shift working is no longer required to operate a facility 24 hours a day.
I would have expected the rise in healthcare employment would result in more night work in the ED, hospice etc. But, looking at the charts in the paper, it seems that the proportion of healthcare work done at night has dropped along with all the other employment categories.
The housing prices impact on fertility rates feels like a modern Malthusian trap. We’ve raised the bar for the quality of life we expect and then the world isn’t keeping up and so there are fewer kids.
I think this is obviously a very small part of a wider picture of why people are having fewer kids. 5% is a small fraction of the entire change, but it’s interesting to think Malthus’s thoughts might still be relevant.
I used to work night shifts a lot back when I worked retail. It was nice when I got assigned to a small town. There was a coziness to it and the police were my regulars. They were always so talkative, grateful to have someone else to chat with.
Possibly the decline in night work is also related to better automation in continuous manufacturing. This is practically a solved problem now whereas maybe 30 years ago it was very difficult. Most manufacturing jobs now are about maintenance and troubleshooting rather than operating machines. This means night shift working is no longer required to operate a facility 24 hours a day.