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DE 2 842 EE 16

IE 431 ES 2 845

FR 2 756 GR 271

HR 74 HU 271

IT 1 678 CY 16

LT 35 LU 10

LV 29 MT 9

NL 766 AT 283

PL 477 PT 399

RO 165 SI 33

SK 66 FI 248

SE 276 UK 1 473

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Unemployment and Labour Market Support

EPRS | European Parliamentary Research ServiceAuthors: Eulalia Claros, Verena Kern Members’ Research Service PE 538.950

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Labour Market Supports are government interventions that provide financial assistance to individuals in difficult labour market circumstances: to compensate them for loss of wage or salary and to support them during job search, or to facilitate early retirement. Long-term unemployed are those who were registered as unemployed throughout the last 12 months.

Labour Market Supports (out of work and early retirement) as a percentage of public spending

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Labour Market Support

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