Another reason is government workers have to keep a record of every single thing they do. The second half of the workday is spent recording what they did in the first half....in case someone asks. The rest of us work in the morning for ourselves and then afternoons are spent doing work for the tax office. When will someone do a study on how many forms Australians fill out compared to rest of world, I bet we would be the gold medalist and daylight second.
Productivity is mismeasured in any case. When a woman enters the paid workforce GDP per capita now rises - but usually at the cost of fewer Australian workers in the future.
Another reason is government workers have to keep a record of every single thing they do. The second half of the workday is spent recording what they did in the first half....in case someone asks. The rest of us work in the morning for ourselves and then afternoons are spent doing work for the tax office. When will someone do a study on how many forms Australians fill out compared to rest of world, I bet we would be the gold medalist and daylight second.
Productivity is mismeasured in any case. When a woman enters the paid workforce GDP per capita now rises - but usually at the cost of fewer Australian workers in the future.