Mexicans: the world's hardest workers

Check out CNN Money's lead article on line this morning:
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/news/economy/2013/07/16/10-hardest-working-countries/index.html?iid=Lead

Mexico

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•  The four-day work week 

Average annual hours: 2,317

Average annual wages: $9,885

In Mexico, workers average 45 hours a week, the most of any industrialized nation. They work about 519 hours more than the typical American worker each year, only to earn less than a fifth of the pay.

When the OECD ranks industrialized nations by education and work-life balance, Mexico comes out on the bottom in both cases. Only about a third of adults -- ages 25 to 64 -- have earned the equivalent of a high school diploma.

There's also a huge gender gap in the job market. Whereas 78% of men have jobs, only about 43% of adult women work for pay.