While American women work 36 hours per week on average, Dutch women put in only 24 hours per week, while German women work 30 hours. French women with a job work on average 34 hours per week, but the percentage of women who work outside the home in France is almost 20% lower than in the US.
而且，布兰查德没有注意到喜爱休闲有性别差异。大洋两岸工作时间的差异有一部分可以通过比较欧洲妇女和美国妇女的工作量来解释。美国妇女平均工作36个小时，荷兰是24个小时，而德国则为30小时。法国有工作的妇女每周平均工作34个小时，但是，法国离家工作的妇女的比例比美国要低几乎20％。