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Alan Krueger; expert on unemployment
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deadcode wrote
at 12:13 PM, Monday August 29, 2011 EDT
Goolsbee jumped ship; so Obama had to appoint a new top economist. He is praised by the administration as an expert in unemployment...
I have never heard of the guy; so I have no idea. This quote from his wikipedia entry is disconcerting though... "Krueger compared restaurant jobs in New Jersey, which raised its minimum wage, to restaurant jobs in Pennsylvania, which did not, and found that restaurant employment in New Jersey increased, while it decreased in Pennsylvania." (Bonus points if you can explain how the above is economically possible) |
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 9:25 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT I think the average american workyear is at about 2000 hours.
I think in norway it is between 1750-1850, but it changes every year depending on where the religious holy days are, it also depends if you have 4 or 5 weeks vacation. I think in most of europe it is between 1700 and 1850. |
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 9:27 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT oh, you wanted the actual average, not how much is reqired
I found this, cannot say how accurate it is http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS |
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 9:33 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT it looks like each of the numbers are based upon each nations own statistical analysis, which means that the numbers might not be comparable directly. some countries might not count people on disability as part of the labour force, others might count then as working, others as unemployed.
it is difficult to actually say what these numbers mean without going the sources in depth |
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dasfury wrote
at 9:35 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT 2080 hours
52*40 |
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 9:37 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT - 2 weeks vacation
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dasfury wrote
at 9:53 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT Salaried employees receive paid vacation, more often than not. So add those 80 hours back in. Hourly rates for payroll calculations (at least in my company) are determined by yearly salary/2080 hours.
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 10:28 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT no, the question was how much do people WORK in a year.
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 10:29 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT and, btw, in norway, if you wanna calculate like that, we get paid for 1950 hours / year
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dasfury wrote
at 10:50 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT my posts were directed at this statement you made:
"I think the average american workyear is at about 2000 hours. " |
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 11:21 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT well, the workyear is number of hours worked, not number of hours paid. so my statement of about 2000 hour is still correct.
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