Hard Workers
In: Global Economy| Maps
18 Aug 2009
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3 Responses to Hard Workers
Eia
August 18th, 2009 at 7:31 am
In Mexico, to be classified as employed, one needs to work as little as one hour per week.
jerome cukier
August 24th, 2009 at 8:32 am
and likewise in any country adhering to ILO guidelines.
that’s reflected in the numbers. Netherlands has more than a 1/3 of its workforce on part time jobs, hence the low working hours, as opposed to south korea where more than 90% of workers work full time.
I wonder who made that graph though
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September 7th, 2009 at 7:02 am
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