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US workers most productive?

Posted by mwelch September 19, 2007 04:06 PM

Source: Inc.com

A new study suggests that US workers are the most productive in the world. Guess who's #2? Ireland. So does that make those of us that are Irish American extra special? But before we get all proud, note that when "measured as value added per hour worked, American workers dropped behind those in Norway where workers produced $37.99 per hour, compared to $35.63 in the United States." Why? Because "U.S. employees tend to work much longer hours than workers in other developed economies."

http://www.inc.com/news/articles/200709/labor.html

tags Productivity, U.S., work trends
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