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Trends and Explanations Contents Executive summary........................................................................................................................i Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Part I: New EU member states (NMS) ..................................................................................... 4 I.1 Demographic trends ..................................................................................................... 4 I.2 Output and employment ............................................................................................... 5 I.3 Employment rates......................................................................................................... 7 I.4 Non-standard employment........................................................................................... 9 I.5 Unemployment............................................................................................................ 10 I.6 Sectoral developments between 1996 and 2004...................................................... 13 I.7 Demand and supply of skills in the transition ............................................................ 18 Part II: Southeast European countries ................................................................................. 23 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 23 II.1 Demographic trends ................................................................................................... 24 II.2 Employment ................................................................................................................ 26 II.3 Employment and activity rates ................................................................................... 27 II.4 Employment patterns.................................................................................................. 28 II.5 Non-standard employment......................................................................................... 30 II.6 Unemployment............................................................................................................ 30 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................ 33 Data description.......................................................................................................................... 37 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 40 Appendix A (Additional Figures) ................................................................................................ 43 Appendix B (Additional Tables) ................................................................................................. 51 Appendix C (Classification of NACE groups)............................................................................ 73 List of Tables and Figures Table 1 Employment by activities in the new EU member states/candidate countries, 1996-2004, cumulative change in %, LFS data ...............................................................14 Table 2 Employment by activities in the new EU member states/candidate countries, structure 2004, in %, LFS ..................................................................................................15 Table B1 Average total employment in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, 1000 persons..................................................................................................52 Table B2 Average total employment in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, 1990 = 100......................................................................................................53 Table B3 Working-age population in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, 15-64, 1000 persons annual averages.........................................................54 Table B4 Working-age population, 15-64, 1990 = 100 ....................................................................55 Table B5 Activity rates in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates labour force in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS ................................................56 Table B6 Activity rates in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, by gender labour force in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS...............................57 Table B7 Activity rates in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates employed and unemployed in % of population 15+, LFS................................................58 Table B8 Employment rates in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates employed in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS....................................................59 Table B9 Employment rates in the new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, by gender employed in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS..................................60 Table B10 Unemployment rates in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates based on registration data, in %, end of period ............................................61 Table B11 Unemployment rates in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates unemployed in % of labour force 15+, LFS...................................................62 Table B12 Unemployment rates in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates, by gender unemployed in % of labour force, LFS .......................................63 Table B13 Part-time workers in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates in % of total employment, LFS .......................................................................65 Table B14 Employees with temporary contracts in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates in % of total employees, LFS............................66 Table B15 Self-employed in selected new EU member states/candidates/potential candidates in % of total employed, LFS...............................................................................................67 Table B16 Activity rates in selected new EU member states/candidates, by educational attainment labour force in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS, 2nd quarter ........68 Table B17 Employment rates in selected new EU member states/candidates, by educational attainment employed in % of working-age population 15-64, LFS, 2nd quarter............69 Table B18 Unemployment rates in selected new EU member states/candidates, by educational attainment unemployed in % of labour force 15-64, LFS, 2nd quarter ......70 Table B19 Employment in selected new EU member states/candidates, by educational attainment, 1998 = 100, Employed 15-64, LFS, 2nd quarter..........................................71 Table B20 Working-age population in selected new EU member states/candidates by educational attainment, 1998 = 100, Population 15-64, LFS, 2nd quarter.....................72 Table C1 Classification