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| ILO report: US workers most productive | |
| 2007-09-04 | |
| American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year. They also get more done per hour than everyone but the Norwegians, according to a U.N. report released Monday, which said the United States "leads the world in labor productivity." The average U.S. worker produces $63,885 of wealth per year, more than their counterparts in all other countries, the International Labor Organization said in its report.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #7 It is interesting that the Americans are 14% more productive per capita than the next highest country. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-09-04 13:48 |
| #6 I wonder how the 12+ million illegal aliens skew the US numbers? We have to work longer to pay the taxes for the overcrowded schools, county emergency rooms, defaulted medical bills, etc, etc, etc. while they wire more money home to the family back home. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-09-04 13:18 |
| #5 I wonder how the 12+ million illegal aliens skew the US numbers? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-09-04 13:02 |
| #4 France's high unemployment rate assures that it's least productive employees do not drag down the average. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-04 12:58 |
| #3 Hey, France is 5th! not bad, considering about 24% of the work force is made of civil servants, who are not the most, er, industrious and productive workers around (IIRC, a rapport found a couple of years ago? that the actual work week was in the vicinity of 24-27 hours, assuming all the time spent at work is used to work, of course...). Still, beaten by Belgium! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-09-04 12:25 |
| #2 American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year. Does this mean I can continue to read Rantburg at work? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-09-04 12:00 |
| #1 Congrats to hard working Americans everywhere. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-09-04 11:03 |