Austria have 35 days off guaranteed (almost 2 months if you throw a few days off because of sickness) while the us have 16 on average and the GDP per capita of

Austria have 35 days off guaranteed (almost 2 months if you throw a few days off because of sickness) while the us have 16 on average and the GDP per capita of the two countries is almost the same. Ample amounts of rest does not seem to increase productivity in the rest of the time. Fun fact - in Boleslaw Prus Pharaoh one of the main economic measures what the pharaoh declaring every seventh day a rest one instead of every tenth for the peasants with the argumentation that they will work better the rest of the times.