Hours worked in Europe and the US:new data, new answers
"We use national labor force surveys from 1983 through 2011 to construct hours worked per person on the aggregate level and for different demographic groups for 18 European countries and the US. We find that Europeans work 19% fewer hours than US citizens. Differences in weeks worked and in the...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2016
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| author | Bick, Alexander Brüggemann, Bettina Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola |
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| description | "We use national labor force surveys from 1983 through 2011 to construct hours worked per person on the aggregate level and for different demographic groups for 18 European countries and the US. We find that Europeans work 19% fewer hours than US citizens. Differences in weeks worked and in the educational composition each account for one third to one half of this gap. Lower hours per person than in the US are in addition driven by lower weekly hours worked in Scandinavia and Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe." |
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| geographic | EU countries USA |
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| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Hours worked in Europe and the US:new data, new answers |
| language | English |
| physical | 44 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Munich CESifo |
| spellingShingle | Bick, Alexander Brüggemann, Bettina Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola annual hours scheme comparison labour supply working time Hours worked in Europe and the US:new data, new answers |
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| title | Hours worked in Europe and the US:new data, new answers |
| topic | annual hours scheme comparison labour supply working time |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19102918124919201909-Hours-worked-in-europe-and-the.htm |