Vacation Time and Unionism in the U.S. and Europe

Industrial Relations - Tập 27 Số 2 - Trang 180-194 - 1988
Francis Green1, Michael J. Potepan1
1*The authors' affiliations are, respectively, Department of Economics, Leicester University, England, and Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts/Boston.

Tóm tắt

American employees receive substantially less paid vacation than Europeans despite earning higher real wages and having greater personal wealth. Here we present past and current averages for individual countries, along with a brief history of the growth of paid vacations in the U.S. and Europe. Regression analyses of individual household data from the U.S. indicate that union membership substantially influences the length of vacation time for U.S. workers. This finding helps explain why the U.S. vacation time average is lower than the European average.

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Industrial Relations

Tập 27 Số 2

180-194

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