An International Comparison of Unpaid Overtime Work Among Industrialized Countries - [pdf 43 KB] The purpose of this paper is, firstly, to estimate the length of unpaid overtime work
in Japan and the United States where direct data on the subject are not available ,
secondly, to compare these findings with other industrialized countries, such as the
United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada, where the data are available, and lastly, to
show the implications of the international comparison.