1. Work time and productivity Data Slides 18/02/2015 © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015

2. Average working time in the UK since 1970 Average working time for the employed in the United Kingdom, 1970-2013. 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

3. Distribution of hours worked in the UK, 1983 and 2013 Share of the employed population working at different length working weeks. Source: OECD (2014), http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015

4. UK Labour Productivity, 1970-2013 GDP (in $US) per hour worked per employed person. Source: OECD (2014), http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015

5. UK labour productivity and wages, 1990-2013 Labour productivity (as above) and average hourly wages. Source: OECD (2014) as above and http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=AV_AN_WAGE © University of Kent Q-Step Centre 2015