cam a22 2 4500 35788812X CHVBK 20200107115708.0 cr ||||||||||| 160307s2016 xxu||||||---- 00 |eng-d (OCoLC)944080420 (IDSSG)000855629 SzZuIDS HSG ger rda Bick Alexander Verfasser aut How do Average Hours Worked Vary with Development? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications Alexander Bick, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, David Lagakos Cambridge, MA National Bureau of Economic Research 2016 1 Online-Ressource Text txt rdacontent/ger Computermedien c rdamedia/ger Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier/ger NBER working paper series 21874 21874 (IDSSG)000043070 523018967 How do average hours worked vary across the world income distribution? To answer this question, we build a new internationally comparable database of hours worked covering countries of all income levels. We document that average hours worked per adult are substantially higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. This pattern holds for both men and women, for adults of all ages and education levels, and along both the extensive margin (employment rates) and intensive margin (hours per worker). Our results imply that labor productivity and welfare differences across countries are larger than suggested by differences in consumption per capita. Fuchs-Schündeln Nicola Verfasser aut Lagakos David Verfasser aut http://www.nber.org/papers/w21874 Full text for the University of St. Gallen Metadata Rights Reserved ids I noalma ids I IDSSG 100 1- Bick Alexander Verfasser aut IDSSG 490 0- NBER working paper series 21874 21874 (IDSSG)000043070 523018967 IDSSG 700 1- Fuchs-Schündeln Nicola Verfasser aut IDSSG 700 1- Lagakos David Verfasser aut IDSSG 856 -- http://www.nber.org/papers/w21874 Full text for the University of St. Gallen Metadata rights reserved idssg BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 IDSSG HSG HSG ONL HONL000855629