Work time and productivity Data Slides 18/02/2015 © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015
Average working time in the UK since 1970 Average working time for the employed in the United Kingdom, Includes self-employed. The Right-hand axis converts the annual hourly figures to hours per week on the assumption of a 48-week working year. Source: OECD (2014), stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=AV_AN_HRS © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015
Distribution of hours worked in the UK, 1983 and 2013 Share of the employed population working at different length working weeks. Source: OECD (2014), © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015
UK Labour Productivity, GDP (in $US) per hour worked per employed person. Source: OECD (2014), © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015
UK labour productivity and wages, Labour productivity (as above) and average hourly wages. Source: OECD (2014) as above and © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015