"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6976084.stm

A couple of problems with this sort of statistic. First:

"The ILO productivity figure is found by dividing a country's total
output in a year by the number of people employed."

I notice it doesn't factor in the hours worked. These are much higher in the USA
than in Europe.

I've always though productivity should be measured per man-hour.

Graham