On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:09:42 +0100, Eeyore
wrote:



Fred Bloggs wrote:

Don Bowey wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:


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

...Jim Thompson

" the US figure is boosted by Americans working more hours per year than
workers in most developed countries."


That's why they are MORE productive, dumb ass.


Productivity is measured as output per hour.


No it's not, it is GDP per unit of workforce pure calendar year. Go back
to your bingo.

I see 'per unit of time' here.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/productivity

Nothing about years whatever. Hours makes more sense given that wages are
commonly paid according to an hourly rate.

Graham

Sheesh. It's quite possible for there to be more than one way to
measure it.

Here's a sensible general definition:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1473-2858(196506)16%3A2%3C177%3AP-TOCT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4



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