He has repeated familiar gestures, submitted works shorter than expected, and, on several occasions, failed to deliver commissions on schedule.
Hard facts don't explain this difference in beliefs, for the American poor typically work harder than their European counterparts, though they tend to work shorter hours than more prosperous Americans.
In contrast mothers, even those in full-time jobs, tend to work shorter hours than similar women without children.
Last year, in a survey for the Department of Trade and Industry, twice as many employees said they would rather work shorter hours than win the lottery.
The TUC used official figures to analyse how BAME workers were being affected by underemployment, a measure of those in employment who work shorter hours than they would like.
The figures that are usually quoted, which in the US are that women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man, don't take into account the fact that women usually work shorter hours than men.
Germany combines some of the world's biggest companies with a thriving base of small and medium-sized enterprises and, despite the country's success, its employees work shorter hours than many European countries, including the UK.
Currently women and younger people are more likely to work shorter hours in the workplace than men and older people.
Maybe Europeans are simply choosing to be poorer than Americans, but work shorter hours and have more settled lives.
For Mr Gill, Europeans can still choose to work shorter days and take longer holidays than Americans, but they can no longer afford to retire early.It would help if Europe were more productive.
Maybe Europeans are simply choosing to be poorer than Americans, but work shorter hours and have more settled lives As yet I don't think there has been any complete explanation for this failure.
