STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 19 August 2013

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19. Check Out How Much The Average American Works Each Year Compared To The French, The Germans, And The

http://www.businessinsider.com/average-annual-hours-worked-for-americans-vs-the-rest-of-the-world-2013-8

Check Out How Much The Average American Works Each Year Compared To The French, The Germans, And The Koreans

How much work does the average American do each year compared to workers elsewhere in the world?

The economics website FRED just added a bunch of new economic data which makes this question very easy to examine.

As you can see, the average full-time American employee works right around 1,700 hours per year.



The first question you might have is: How does this compare to France, which famously has shorter work weeks, and tons of vacation time?

Good question. Turns out the French used to work way more than the Americans, but then the French really cut back, and now work way less. So the clichés about how much the French work are true.


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