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Americans Are World's Most Productive Workers, U.N. Report Finds

GENEVA â€” 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. Ireland comes in second at $55,986, followed by Luxembourg at $55,641, Belgium at $55,235 and France at $54,609.

The productivity figure is found by dividing the country's gross domestic product by the number of people employed. The U.N. report is based on 2006 figures for many countries, or the most recent available. ...

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9/4/07 6:46 PM

Doug

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This is called "the Protestant Work Ethic".

9/4/07 11:23 AM

John

| San Jose, CA

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I'm suprised we beat Japan.

When I was growing up I was told that the
Japanese spent more time in school and
worked harder than Americans did.

Unless, as Abigail said, differences
in our economies meant that we didn't
have to work as hard as they did to
gain the same profit.

9/4/07 10:40 AM

Abigail

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Wouldn't this productivity scale have to do with the economy of the nation, the cost of living scale, wage per hour, and the value of the $$?

Nations that have a lower dollar value could be making more profit per employee, but would appear less in a survey such as this.

9/4/07 8:29 AM

Brit

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I guess the UN must be grovelling to the Big $Buck$ Spreader again.

Can you spare a dime yank?

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