When designing systems you need to be aware of the unintended consequences. As an example flexible working arrangements (e.g. flexitime) allow people to access social capital more readily. If parents have a choice of schools and consider the more distant school to be better, they will more readily be able to send their child to it if they have flexible working arrangements. Similarly, flexible working arrangements allow people to more easily access medical care and attend doctor's appointments both in terms of actually being able to attend, and not having a large impact on their finances. Of course this is a greater boon for those who are less able to afford to take unpaid time off of work.
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