Manufacturing productivity per hour in Europe compares quite well with the US, but Europeans work significantly fewer hours per year, which explains the annual per capita difference. But European countries lag badly in services, where restrictive practices, protectionism, and inefficiency hold them back.
服务业改革同样重要。欧洲制造业小时生产率较美国有较大优势，但欧洲人每年工作时间要少得多，这就是双方年人均差异出现的原因。但欧洲国家的服务业非常落后，主要拖后腿因素是限制性竞争协议、保护主义和低效率。