text: The analysis of EU survey data shows**a mixed picture**: Firstly, ESENER data corroborate this 
  hypothesis, the three countries with highest percentage of work under time constraints — that is, Finland, 
  Sweden and Denmark — all have working hours under the EU average. Secondly, LFS data show a 
  different picture; a country like Greece has the longest working hours and also reports the highest time 
  pressure, the same ‘combination’ — but less extreme — applies to Austria, Cyprus and Malta. Trends 
  of low or less than average working time and no time constraints are reported for Lithuania, and medium 
  working time and low time constraints for Italy and Ireland. 
  
  An analysis of EWCS data concluded39 that in general intensity increases with long working hours, in 
  enterprises with 1-19 the work intensity index (on a scale between 0 and 12) is 4.4, in larger enterprises 
  with above 40 employees it is 6.3. This is in line with ESENER data that corroborate the importance of 
  the**size of the enterprise**for time pressure and long working hours. 
  
  Literature — from very diverse disciplines — on work intensification points to**reasons for**
  **intensification on developments as:40**