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[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

GDP per capita per hour is higher in the netherlands. And also GDP per person is higher, meaning they produce more in 25 hours than americans do in 50, probably because they're not so tired all the time!

[–]DffrntDrmmr 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Again, not from what I saw. I looked at the top 5 or so Google results that ranked worker productivity by country, and the US ranked higher in each of them.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I guess you're right, thanks for the correction: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

But they're closed, ranked 10th and 12th here. And then when you consider the GDP per hour, the netherlands is getting much more bang for the buck because they're matching the US but only working 25 hours a week instead of 40-50. I wish we could bring that level of free time to the US

[–]RatherSmallPotato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

But they don't work 25 hour weeks in the Netherlands. Where did you get that number?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That just means there are a lot of part-time workers. If you sign a contract for any normal job it will be 40 hours a week.(maybe 35, like Norway, not sure). But not 25 or 29.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes but in the Netherlands you can ask for less hours at your job and receive proportionally less pay, and the employer has to approve this if you ask. So a lot of them are actually full-time jobs, just worked with less hours.

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

TIL. Cool system. I'd work half the hours for half the pay, easily.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it's a very good law.

Then furthermore their healthcare is not tied to their employment, so the distinction of part-time/full-time doesn't matter nearly as much.