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Chapter 1— Employment and value-added
5 Value-added per person employed and per hour worked in manufacturing, 2001
90
80
70
EUR (thousand)
VA per person employed (left axis)
VA per hour worked (right axis)
132
90
80
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
BG RO LT EE SK LV CZ HU PT CY MT ES FR IT UK AT DK SE DE NL LU FI BE IE
0
EL, PL, SI: n.a.
Source: Eurostat, SBS, LCS
The SBS for a majority of countries also reports a slightly
larger number of hours worked than the estimates derived
from the LFS. The main exceptions are Belgium,
Malta and Sweden, while for France and Cyprus, the SBS
figures are much higher than the LFS estimates. Differences
between the LFS and LCS are relatively small,
partly because of the method of estimation. The LFS data
indicate that the difference between average hours
worked by employees and all those in employment is also
relatively small — 1–3% in most cases. The resulting estimates
of total labour inputs in industry (ie the number employed
multiplied by average hours worked) have the
effect of widening the extent of variation in labour productivity
between countries. In countries such as Belgium,
therefore, where value-added per person employed is
relatively high, average working time is relatively low,
while the reverse is the case in Spain and Portugal, where
value-added per person employed is comparatively low.
In most cases, average hours worked in the new Member
States are longer than in the EU15, which tends to widen
the productivity gap between the two groups of countries.
Value-added per hour of labour input in manufacturing
was highest in Ireland in 2001. It was also relatively high in
Belgium, Finland and Luxembourg. On the other hand, it
was much lower in the new Member States, Cyprus apart,
6 Value-added per hour worked in mining, manufacturing and construction, 2001
90
EUR (thousand)
90
80
222 895 378
80
70
70
60
50
40
Mining
Manufacturing
Construction
60
50
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
BG RO LT EE SK LV CZ HU PT CY MT ES FR IT UK AT DK SE DE NL LU FI BE IE
0
EL, PL, SI, IE construction sector: n.a.
Source: Eurostat, SBS and LCS
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