They list “Average labor hours per worker per year”
while it should be “Average labor hours per 1000 citizens per year”.
This way, if more people are employed (for example younger/older people working additional part-time), the average doesn’t go down, but up.
Also, it makes it easier to compare to historical data.
For example, in 1970, workers might have worked just as many hours as today, but actual workload per citizens has roughly doubled because the number of workers per citizen has roughly doubled (women going to work). So in total, while in 1970, one partner would have stayed home to do householding stuff, now both partners go to work and then have to split the housekeeping stuff between them, which makes their stress levels go up.
Almost as if Europe is a wide collection of different countries with varying socio-economic conditions, political systems, histories and cultures and not just the other United States.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours
US is at 39 with 1,765.00 hours.
Above it, with more… Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania., Estonia, Hungary, and Malta. There’s Greece too, but you know, Grexit.
They make the same structural error as everyone:
They list “Average labor hours per worker per year”
while it should be “Average labor hours per 1000 citizens per year”.
This way, if more people are employed (for example younger/older people working additional part-time), the average doesn’t go down, but up.
Also, it makes it easier to compare to historical data.
For example, in 1970, workers might have worked just as many hours as today, but actual workload per citizens has roughly doubled because the number of workers per citizen has roughly doubled (women going to work). So in total, while in 1970, one partner would have stayed home to do householding stuff, now both partners go to work and then have to split the housekeeping stuff between them, which makes their stress levels go up.
Should add that this is not a complete list. Some really significant absences from the African and Asian continents.
But 9 of the lowest 10 are EU countries
Almost as if Europe is a wide collection of different countries with varying socio-economic conditions, political systems, histories and cultures and not just the other United States.
Yeah, don’t copy anything from Poland, Hungary, and similar countries. Instead copy from the Nordics, and northern central Europe.
Basically avoid east Europe if you are looking for ways to improve the USA.
Nationalise wine and invest heavily in fossil fuels (Norway)…
They have managed to make their electricity grid very renewable though.