"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Matt Barrow wrote:
http://www.timbro.com/euvsusa/ (EU vs. USA) by a think tank in
Stockholm,
Sweden Read particularly the summary at the bottom and some of he
charts
comparing the various EU countries against the US.

The EU will always lag behind the US in productivity - mainly because we
have a shorter working week and a lot more vacation time. Less hours to
work. I think in Germany the usual new employee gets something like 6
weeks paid leave (vs 2 in the US), and works a 35 hr week (vs 40 hrs in
the US).

Personally, I'd rather have the shorter working week and the time off!

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I also think that Euope has a higher percentage of retired people than the
US.

They do because their retirement is much earlier (AIUI) as they want to
clear the work rolls for younger people.