The average weekly working time in Spain is 36.3 hours, compared with Germany’s 33.9. Differences between countries are explained by the weight of part‑time employment and by shorter full‑time weeks
This variable is inseparable from another labor statistic: the share of employees working part time. Countries with shorter hours are precisely those where a larger share of the labor market works part time.
So comparison like this are really a nothingburger. If you have more part-time workers, the average weekly working time goes down. Which basically means that this measures if mothers are staying at home full-time or return to the work-force in part-time.
So comparison like this are really a nothingburger. If you have more part-time workers, the average weekly working time goes down. Which basically means that this measures if mothers are staying at home full-time or return to the work-force in part-time.