America's ’Vacation Gap’

Introduction

In Europe, workers take extensive vacations, and their time off is often guaranteed by law. In the United States vacations are viewed as a privilege, a cost of doing business that should be minimized. America's “vacation gap” with Europe is not new, but circumstances are. As one economist put it, “it used to be we had the living standard, they had the leisure. Now they have both.”

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