Melbourne Institute Working Paper<\/a> says that people over the age of 40 have the best work results three days a week. Does this mean that older workers could work less efficiently?<\/p>\nAccording to the Australian study, the researchers tried to analyze the cognitive abilities of older workers. As a result, the study participants, 3,500 women and 3,000 men, participated in the test.<\/p>\n
Researchers have focused on the capabilities of the individual such as abstract reasoning, memory and executive reasoning. In addition, the researchers measured their cognitive performance to determine their effectiveness at work.<\/p>\n
Participants improved when they worked 25 hours a week. However, their efficiencies were greatly reduced when they started working 55 hours a week<\/p>\n