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Labor force > By occupation agriculture 20%, industry NA, services NA
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Rigidity of employment index	4		[164th of 166]
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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