[markvdb]

According to the OECD, productivity per hour worked [0] in Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland is comparable to the US, and in some cases significantly higher. All of these countries have much more generous social safety nets.

P.S. The link you gave 404's here.

[0] https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV

[BobbyJo]

The average hours worked are significantly less for those small upticks in PPH. If you factor in hours worked, the US comes out far ahead of most if not all.