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Chart 2.4: Annual net earn<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> the CEECs as a percentage of the EU-15, 2002–2010<br />

Source: Eurostat<br />

Note: CEECs average, SI with highest annual net earn<strong>in</strong>gs and BG with lowest annual net earn<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong><br />

the CEECs. Earn<strong>in</strong>gs for two-earner married couple with two children.<br />

Chart 2.5: Labour productivity <strong>in</strong> the CEECs before and dur<strong>in</strong>g the crisis, average<br />

2000/2007 and 2008/2010<br />

Source: Eurostat<br />

Note: Measured <strong>in</strong> terms of GDP per hour worked.<br />

The average employment rate across the CEECs between 2000-2011 is lower than the EU-15<br />

average (see Chart 2.6). Moreover, there is a dispersion <strong>in</strong> employment rates between<br />

particular CEECs, with the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovenia exhibit<strong>in</strong>g the highest<br />

employment rates, while Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia have employment<br />

rates systematically below the EU-15 average. The economic crisis led to a significant<br />

<strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> unemployment rates <strong>in</strong> 2009-2010 <strong>in</strong> several CEECs and also <strong>in</strong> the average<br />

unemployment rate <strong>in</strong> the CEECs (see Chart 2.7). Unemployment rema<strong>in</strong>s systematically low<br />

<strong>in</strong> Slovenia, Romania and the Czech Republic.<br />

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