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Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds - Huberman and Minns (2007)
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Netherlands 2000 0 38.6 30.1 38.5 Australia 2000 0 43.6 39.5 32.0 Spain 2000 0 37.9 34.0 36.0 Belgium 2000 0 37.3 37.5 33.0 Sweden 2000 0 39.1 36.3 38.0 Old World (weighted) 2000 0 40.7 36.4 0 Canada 2000 0 43.8 36.0 24.0 Italy 2000 0 41.4 35.4 42.5 Old World 2000 0 39.2 36.1 36.0 United Kingdom 2000 0 42.0 39.9 33.5 Denmark 2000 0 39.3 38.7 37.0 New World 2000 0 43.9 37.2 25.0 United States 2000 0 43.3 37.2 20.0 France 2000 0 37.9 35.6 36.0 World 2000 0 40.1 36.3 33.4 Germany 2000 0 41.8 39.0 43.5 Switzerland 2000 0 0 0 33.0 Ireland 2000 0 41.7 38.0 30.0 New World (weighted) 2000 0 43.2 37.2 0 Italy 1990 40.6 0 0 40.0 Sweden 1990 38.2 0 0 37.0 United States 1990 40.7 0 0 23.0 Australia 1990 40.1 0 0 32.0 Belgium 1990 37.6 0 0 34.0 Old World (weighted) 1990 40.5 0 0 0 Switzerland 1990 42.6 0 0 28.0 World 1990 39.9 0 0 32.4 Canada 1990 38.0 0 0 25.0 Denmark 1990 35.0 0 0 35.0 France 1990 40.9 0 0 36.0 Spain 1990 39.9 0 0 35.0 Germany 1990 39.0 0 0 35.0 Netherlands 1990 34.0 0 0 35.0 Old World 1990 39.7 0 0 34.0 United Kingdom 1990 42.4 0 0 30.0 Ireland 1990 42.1 0 0 28.0 New World 1990 39.4 0 0 27.0 New World (weighted) 1990 40.6 0 0 0 Spain 1980 40.0 0 0 30.0 Switzerland 1980 44.8 0 0 28.0 Old World 1980 40.4 0 0 30.0 Australia 1980 39.2 0 0 32.0 United Kingdom 1980 40.0 0 0 28.0 Belgium 1980 39.5 0 0 34.0 Canada 1980 39.5 0 0 25.0 Netherlands 1980 41.8 0 0 33.0 New World 1980 39.9 0 0 26.0 New World (weighted) 1980 39.1 0 0 0 Denmark 1980 38.5 0 0 30.0 United States 1980 39.1 0 0 22.0 World 1980 40.1 0 0 30.6 France 1980 41.7 0 0 30.0 Germany 1980 42.6 0 0 29.0 Ireland 1980 41.1 0 0 28.0 Old World (weighted) 1980 41.9 0 0 0 Sweden 1980 38.7 0 0 30.0 Italy 1980 43.5 0 0 35.0 Australia 1970 40.6 0 0 0 Old World 1970 43.5 0 0 0 Belgium 1970 40.9 0 0 0 World 1970 42.7 0 0 0 Canada 1970 40.7 0 0 0 Denmark 1970 39.0 0 0 0 United Kingdom 1970 42.0 0 0 0 Old World (weighted) 1970 43.3 0 0 0 France 1970 45.8 0 0 0 Netherlands 1970 45.1 0 0 0 Germany 1970 44.8 0 0 0 New World 1970 39.4 0 0 0 New World (weighted) 1970 39.9 0 0 0 Ireland 1970 43.7 0 0 0 United States 1970 39.8 0 0 0 Italy 1970 43.9 0 0 0 World 1960 43.2 0 0 0 Australia 1960 40.6 0 0 0 Old World (weighted) 1960 45.6 0 0 0 Belgium 1960 43.5 0 0 0 United States 1960 40.2 0 0 0 Canada 1960 41.7 0 0 0 Denmark 1960 44.4 0 0 0 France 1960 46.9 0 0 0 New World 1960 40.2 0 0 0 New World (weighted) 1960 40.2 0 0 0 Old World 1960 44.4 0 0 0 United Kingdom 1960 45.7 0 0 0 Germany 1960 46.6 0 0 0 Switzerland 1960 46.1 0 0 0 Sweden 1960 43.4 0 0 0 Italy 1960 42.4 0 0 0 Old World (weighted) 1950 47.9 0 0 0 New World 1950 41.4 0 0 21.0 New World (weighted) 1950 42.3 0 0 0 Belgium 1950 0 0 0 28.0 United Kingdom 1950 46.7 0 0 24.0 Sweden 1950 47.8 0 0 29.0 Denmark 1950 46.0 0 0 27.0 United States 1950 42.4 0 0 18.0 France 1950 45.8 0 0 28.0 Netherlands 1950 49.2 0 0 24.0 Ireland 1950 45.0 0 0 20.0 -
The New World includes Europe, the United States, Australia, and Canada while the Old World consists of all other countries included in Huberman and Minns's sample. The 'Old World (weighted)' and 'New World (weighted)' series are population weighted averages.
See table 1 for further information regarding sources the authors consulted in producing hours of work per week estimates.
See table 2 for more information about vacation and holidays estimates.
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Sources
Data Published By: Huberman, M. and Minns, C., 2007. The times they are not changin’: Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds, 1870–2000. Explorations in Economic History, 44(4), pp.538-567.
Data publisher source:Authors' calculations based on scholarly sources, ILO, and Eurostat.
Link: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/minns/Huberman_Minns_EEH_2007.pdf
