FRANCE The

Table 6: Length of unemployment by social profile. Number of severances by length of unemployment in 2001
Number of severances Length of period of unemployment
Table 7: Employment by social profile (annual average figures)
longer than 12 months 6 to 12 months 3 to 6 months less than 3 months
Total 749,200 2.4% 8.8% 22.6% 66.2%
45-49 years 88,300 2.2% 10.4% 24.6% 62.8%
50-54 years 69,900 2.4% 11.1% 25.6% 60.8%
55-59 years 95,200 7.4% 16.9% 24.7% 51.0%
Women 321,700 2.5% 10.5% 22.4% 64.6%
45-49 years 38,100 2.4% 12.1% 24.0% 61.4%
50-54 years 30,100 2.3% 12.3% 24.9% 60.4%
55-59 years 37,800 8.7% 18.7% 23.8% 48.8%
Men 427,500 2.4% 7.5% 22.7% 67.4%
45-49 years 50,200 2.1% 9.1% 25.1% 63.7%
50-54 years 39,900 2.5% 10.2% 26.2% 61.0%
55-59 years 57,400 6.6% 15.6% 25.4% 52.4%
Raw data: Austrian Labour Market Service Source of data: Synthesis-Erwerb
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 2,968,500 2,998,300 3,035,500 3,064,500 3,078,100 3,063,500
up to 18 years 119,900 124,100 123,600 121,400 118,000 113,700
19-24 years 347,300 339,800 343,800 331,000 327,200 320,100
25-29 years 419,100 393,500 394,400 381,600 363,700 339,200
30-39 years 918,200 935,300 956,000 972,500 964,400 931,300
40-44 years 384,600 403,100 413,900 435,900 451,600 465,000
45-49 years 336,000 339,100 337,900 347,500 364,100 380,700
50-54 years 264,900 275,200 275,800 295,500 304,500 305,000
55-59 years 155,800 163,800 160,700 150,600 152,700 170,600
60 yrs and over 22,800 24,300 29,500 28,500 32,000 37,800
Women 1,241,500 1,266,000 1,292,900 1,319,700 1,342,900 1,345,100
up to 18 years 46,300 48,900 48,000 47,000 45,800 44,400
19-24 years 168,900 164,500 166,600 155,300 153,500 150,100
25-29 years 179,800 166,700 177,900 175,100 168,200 154,200
30-39 years 371,600 382,800 399,900 415,400 418,500 405,200
40-44 years 168,200 180,000 181,800 194,200 203,300 211,500
45-49 years 145,500 150,600 148,200 156,000 166,400 177,100
50-54 years 111,700 119,100 117,300 126,700 132,900 137,100
55-59 years 42,100 45,900 44,900 41,800 45,600 55,800
60 yrs and over 7,300 7,500 8,300 8,300 8,800 9,700
Men 1,727,000 1,732,300 1,742,600 1,744,700 1,735,200 1,718,400
up to 18 years 73,600 75,200 75,600 74,400 72,300 69,300
19-24 years 178,400 175,300 177,200 175,700 173,700 170,000
25-29 years 239,200 226,800 216,500 206,500 195,500 185,000
30-39 years 546,600 552,500 556,100 557,100 545,900 526,100
40-44 years 216,400 223,100 232,100 241,700 248,300 253,600
45-49 years 190,500 188,500 189,700 191,600 197,700 203,600
50-54 years 153,100 156,100 158,400 168,800 171,600 167,900
55-59 years 113,600 117,900 115,800 108,700 107,100 114,800
60 yrs and over 15,500 16,800 21,200 20,200 23,200 28,100
Employment with full insurance contributions (incl. Zivildienst and measures under the Labour Market Policy Financing Law [AMSG]).
Raw data: Hauptverband der Österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger Source of data: Synthesis-Erwerb
Spring 2003 | European Employment Observatory Review 53
Trends