Work in America: 1950 to 2019

Giuseppe Ruggeri

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Abstract: This paper uses a consistent methodology to estimate average weekly hours of work in the United States in 1950 and 2019. It also reviews a number of studies that cover parts of the same period. Making adjustments where possible to reduce methodological differences, this review identifies three sub-periods: 1950 to 1980, when working hours declined; 1980 to 1990, when working hours rose; and 1990 to 2019, when working hours remained constant. It also briefly discusses the importance of a variety of factors affecting the different response by working hours to the growth of real GDP and labor productivity during the first and last sub-periods.

Keywords: work; in; america (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7331283

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