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On the face of it, Austria’s labour market performs very well, which is reflected in one of the lowest unemployment … rates in the EU. However, while many of the euro area members have recently succeeded in reducing unemployment, the Austrian …. In addition the unemployment statistics are distorted by the relatively low labour force participation of older workers …
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This study poses the question about whether labour market institutions can explain unemployment rates in the ten new … European Union member states. In five out of the ten new member states, unemployment rates lie above the average in the 15 … part of unemployment in the new EU member states. This does not mean that these countries have no labour market problems …
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feature of the Finnish economy compared with that of Sweden and Denmark is the higher level of unemployment. In the early 1990 … adapt. The spectacular recovery of the Finnish economy has pushed up labour demand. While unemployment has fallen back from …
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Social expenditure in Poland appears to increase regional employment disparities. In particular, the farmers' social fund (KRUS) seems to contribute to the rising regional dispersion in the number of recipients of social transfers. This is the result of KRUS benefits being poorly related to...
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This report sets out a detailed analysis of the specific weaknesses typical of women's working lives in Europe. In … Hungary. The position of women on the labour market in these eight countries is analysed from both a quantitative and a …
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[...] this report will show the value of the jobs approach in analysing the changing structure of employment in the two turbulent years of the Great Recession.
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The report describes the impact of the ‘great recession’ on employment and the job structure in the EU27. Quintile charts are used to give a simple, graphical representation of the extent of employment change in a given period as well as an indication of how that change has been distributed...
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trend rates. Unemployment notably continues to rise and its pace of increase has accelerated in the most recent quarter to …
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