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Europe > Ireland > Labor

IRISH LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 2% [60th of 77]
Days off work 72 days [8th of 20]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 5.9 % Time series [33rd of 94]
Source: OECD
Female decision makers 34% [17th of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
force, total 2,081,803 Time series [115th of 184]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
Gender division of housework 1.83 [11th of 13]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force 2,217,000 Time series [88th of 132]
Source: Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 8%, industry 29%, services 64%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 27% Time series [3rd of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Strikes 90 [7th of 27]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Trade union membership 45% [6th of 18]
Source: OECD
Unemployment 4.6% [14th of 18]
Source: Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy
Unemployment gender ratio 97% [21st of 30]
Source: OECD Historical Statistics
Unemployment rate 4.6% Time series [62nd of 107]
Source: calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 4.4 % Time series [66th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
20 days, plus 9 public holidays
Source: World Development Indicators database
Work Time > More than 40 hours 38.4% [12th of 18]
Source: Wikipedia: Vacation
Working time to buy a car 1,823 hours [1st of 16]
Source: ILO, Key Indicators
Working time to buy a television set 32 hours [6th of 15]
Source: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)
Youth unemployment 6.4% [26th of 30]
Source: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; Jeanne A. Batalova and Philip N. Cohen, 'Premarital Cohabitation and Housework: Couples in Cross-National Perspective', Journal of Marriage and Family 64, August 2002, p.748; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ireland, ireland republic, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic

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