Some Americans are willing to work for much less than people from other countries, according to the results of an online experiment conducted by Newsweek.

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Some Americans are willing to work for much less than people from other countries, according to the results of an online experiment conducted by Newsweek.

The magazine used a website run by Amazon that acts as a marketplace for freelance work. The results show that no one in Italy, the Netherlands, or Egypt would accept less than US$5 for an hour of work. In Germany the lowest bid was US$3, in Australia and Britain US$2, and in Canada US$1.25. Americans accepted by far the lowest figure: just 25 cents.

The minimum wage in the U.S. is US$7.25 per hour. But given the current downturn, many Americans will work for a whole lot less.（點(diǎn)擊美國(guó)《新聞周刊》網(wǎng)站查看原文）

美國(guó)人愿為25美分折腰

?????? 美國(guó)《新聞周刊》雜志進(jìn)行的在線實(shí)驗(yàn)表明，美國(guó)人比其它國(guó)家的人更愿意為很少的工資工作。

?????? 該雜志用亞馬遜旗下一個(gè)網(wǎng)站來(lái)征集愿意做兼職工作的人。結(jié)果顯示：意大利人、荷蘭人和埃及人對(duì)于一小時(shí)薪酬少于5美元表示不能接受，德國(guó)人可以接受的薪酬底限是3美元，澳大利亞和英國(guó)人是2美元，加拿大人的底限是1.25美元，而美國(guó)人可接受的報(bào)酬最低，僅僅25美分。

?????? 美國(guó)的最低工資標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是每小時(shí)7.25美元。但現(xiàn)在由于經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣，許多美國(guó)人愿意為遠(yuǎn)低于這個(gè)數(shù)的報(bào)酬而工作。

(China.org.cn June 22, 2011)