Recall Application 2, "A Nobel Laureate Explains Why Europeans Work Less than U.S. workers or the Japanese," to
answer the following questions:
-From the application, we can infer that one way to encourage Americans to further increase their hours worked per year would be to:

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The article mentions that the higher tax rates in Europe and the lower tax rates in the U.S. are one factor that influences the difference in hours worked per year. Therefore, reducing the effective tax rates experienced by workers in the U.S. could potentially encourage them to work more hours.