koreans are more motivated to work than thei U.S. counterparts

koreans are more motivated to work than thei U.S. counterparts?
It is revealed that Korean workers face worse wage payment with highly-intensive and longest working hours. They work the longest hours among OECD member countries, but their annual wage barely tops 60% of the average of OECD countries. According to ¡®2008 Economic Outlook¡¯ of OECD which is made public on July 20th, Korean workers (limited to businesses with more than five employees) annually worked 2,261 hours in the year of 2007. Korea marked the longest working hours out of 22 OECD countries surveyed. Annual working hours of Korean workers tend to decrease from 2,453 in 1994, 2,378 in 2003, 2,294 in 2006, etc. However, Korea is still the only country that works more than 2,000 hours per year out of all OECD member countries. When compared to other OECD countries, this level of working hours is more than that of other countries by 200 hours at least and 900 hours at maximum. Poland (1,953 hours), Slovakia (1,947 hours), Czech (1,914 hours), Iceland (1,822 hours), and Japan (1,808 hours) were classified in the group of highly-intensive working countries after Korea. Annual average aggregate wage (of full-time workers for one-year period) for Korean workers was 25,379 US dollar in 2006, that is, 64% of the average of OECD member countries¡¯ 39,743 US dollar. Switzerland is the only country that tops the threshold of 60,000 US dollar with 60,384 US dollar. Luxembourg (59,638 US dollar), Norway (56,629 US dollar), Denmark (56,598 US dollar), and Ireland (55,985 US dollar) were among the group of more than 50,000 US dollar. However, Spain (27,735 US dollar) and Greece (25,934 US dollar) failed in reaching the threshold of 30,000 US dollar and workers of Portugal (18,455 US dollar), Hungary (12,097 US dollar), Czech (11,292 US dollar), Poland (10,121 US dollar), and Slovakia (8,675 US dollar) earned less than Korean workers. Korean workers¡¯ PPP (purchasing power parity)-based annual aggregate wage, which reflects the level of commodity prices of each country, marked 32,472 US dollar, that is, 85% of the average of the OECD member countries. i mean, does that mean that koreans are more motivated to work just because they have longer work hours compared to U.S.? i need to contradict this for a school report
Other - Politics & Government - 2 Answers
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Okay so?
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The Koreans are more motivated to work because the competition between the employees are greater. Unlike the U.S., there are fewer opportunities and jobs, and thus from the K-12 education, and beyond, competition is "Ivy-Level status." They are not more motivated to work because they have longer work hours, but because the socioculutral aspects make it so.

Help anyone who speaks french well? How do you say these in french

Help anyone who speaks french well? How do you say these in french?
the life expectancy of luxembourg is 78 years the gdp per capita rate of luxembourg is US $48,900 us dollars luxembourg has a 100% literacy rate seriously don't just use google translate cuz it doesn't work.
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Au Luxembourg, l'espérance de vie est de 78 ans, le PIB par habitant est de 48 900 dollars US et le taux d'alphabétisation est de 100 %.

We are looking for work

We are looking for work..............?
Your Open QuestionShow me another » Me and my partner are loking for work.? Im looking for live-in housekeeping-gardening work in .... Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungery Iceland Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Spain Switzerland United Kingdom
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Just like in the US you need a work permission in the EU. And to get this one you can work as an expat for your company, or first officially migrate. But that means also a lot of paperwork... And even with the correct papers it will be hard to find work nowadays I'm afraid...

I'm 29, and I'm in a long distance relationship with a guy in Luxembourg for 3 years now. He said he loves me

I'm 29, and I'm in a long distance relationship with a guy in Luxembourg for 3 years now. He said he loves me.
I met this guy in Paris. He is from Italy. Then I went to China for work. He has visited me twice in Paris and twice in the Far East. That's a total of three years long distance relationship. We both spent a lot of money in internaional phone calls, sms. We chat almost everyday on yahoo. I have been trying to get employment in his area Luxembourg, but it's not one of the easiest places to find work as a teacher. But inspite of how much he "loves" me, he is not willing or ready to marry me, since he said it's against his principles. But I don't see it that way. We love each other and this distance is causing us a great deal of pain. Besides, he said I'm one woman he truly enjoys conversations and exchange of ideas, even outside of the relationship. Now I'm working on getting an employment contract in Spain, it's nearer to Luxembourg than China just to stay nearer to him. I'm now very close, it will take less than a year. But he says he wants to stop this relationship. But just this year in January our relationship underwent one of the biggest trials. He left me for a girl from Lithuania. I set him free. What good is it staying with a man who does not want you anymore? Then two months later he came back to me, saying that he went wrong. I was scared to take him back for fear he might dump me again. He promised to never leave me. So I took him back. He visited me in Beijing in July of this year and we spent 3 weeks together. Right now, he is telling me how much he loves me and that I'm now an important part of his life. Yesterday he said he wants to move on since our relationship is "impossible". But he wants to keep me as a friend. I love him so much, I'm willing to move around the world for him. But seeing him with another woman would only break my heart to pieces. Afterall he broke his promise never to leave me again. To all more 26+ individuals out there, please tell me what would you do if you were in my shoes
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Wash that man right outta your hair!
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I would dump him and find another that will never dump me and stay with me and never broke my heart so take my advice in move on find someone that will never hurt u or lie that will take care of u 4 ever
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Oh hell no. When a guy leaves you for another girl and comes crawling back don't accept him back in you're life because he might do it again! you can never trust a guy like that. No wonder why he didn't wanna marry you.
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MOOOOOOOOVE ON. dont waste any more time than you have already.
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He has been dishonest with you. You can't change a dishonest person. Don't put all of your stock into a relationship that is on shaky ground. Move on and find someone that will be able to commit to you. Why waste any more of your young years on him? I stayed with a man for twelve years that would not commit. He kept saying that it would happen eventually. It didn't, and by the time I left him, I realized that I was 12 years older with less to offer, and fewer opportunities to choose from. Don't waste your life too. You deserve better.
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I'd forget about him, and move on with my life here. You really don't get to know a person until you've lived with them for quite some time, and a few weeks here and there + phone calls is NOT truly living with and learning about someone. I know this isnt what you want to hear, but you're his "fantasy" girl - he can be whoever he wants to be, or who you want him to be while hes talking to you. It's not really him. Thats why he doesn't want things moving forward at all. He knows the fantasy would be over, and he's not interested in reality. He uses you to escape from it now. It sounds like a facade, even though he probably does care for you. Thats why he doesnt want you moving to where he is - he'd have to let down the facade and disappoint you, or disappoint himself, and lose the fantasy of it all. You give him attention in the ways he needs it to feel good about himself, and its safe that way, because you're miles and miles away. He can carry on with business as usual at home, and no matter what he's done that day, he can talk to you at night and feel like a good man who is desired and loved unconditionally. You deserve more than that. You don't have to build up a man that far away - especially one who claims to care for you that much. If he really cared that much, he would have moved near you by now, or jumped at the chance for you to move near him. He's dragging his feet because he doesn't want the party to be over. Its going to hurt, but lose him.
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I would move on. It sounds like he prefers the distance because it allows him to do things with other people. Don't rearrange your life for him, because he is not willing to do it for you. If you move this relationship seems like it will end, he doesn't want anything serious from you.
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The thing about long distance relationships is that they select for the commitment-phobes... It's so easy to say "I love you" when the consequences of saying it are near-meaningless. And, as far as I've ever seen, anti-marriage "principles" go right out the window when a guy is really in love. When he's in love, he'll be ready to marry you. That's how you tell that this one isn't on the right track. Not to say that you shouldn't go to Spain. But find a nice young Spanish man to love. Nearby. ... Love is a lot about proximity and familiarity. It's not romantic to say that, but it is. Good luck!