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BackThe labour market situation in the European Union is watched on the basis of regularly updated Eurostat- key indicators. In particular the unemployment rate receives special attention and is frequently put on a level with the overall performance of a labour market. However, the unemployment rate merely shifts the attention of policy makers and the public on this one specific, albeit important facet of labour market performance. De facto participation and earnings opportunities and the structure of labour markets within the Union are diverse, making a straight forward cross-country monitoring over time complex.
Against this background experts of the Austrian Chamber of Labour and the Austrian Institute of Economic Research intended to capture a broad spectrum of labour market aspects in a European context. For this purpose five distinct areas which highlight different labour market perspectives were selected in 2010:
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