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30.7% of the unemployed in the 1st quarter of 2023 moved into employment in the 2nd quarter of 2023
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30.7% of the unemployed in the 1st quarter of 2023 moved into employment in the 2nd quarter of 2023 Labour Market Flow Statistics - 2nd Quarter 2023
16 August 2023

Summary

Of the total persons who were unemployed in the 1st quarter of 2023, 50.7% (192.8 thousand) remained in that state in the 2nd quarter of 2023, 30.7% (116.6 thousand) moved into employment and 18.7% (70.9 thousand) moved into inactivity.

In the same period, 29.7% (54.3 thousand) of unemployed men and 31.5% (62.2 thousand) of unemployed women moved into employment.

From the 1st quarter of 2023 to the 2nd quarter of 2023, 39.9%  (96.5 thousand) of the short-term unemployed and 18.8% (27.2 thousand) of those inactives belonging to the “potential workforce” moved into employment.

At the same time, 11.6% (82.2 thousand) of those who were self-employed and 27.5% (104.6 thousand) of those who were unemployed  in the previous quarter became employees.

Of the total of employees who, in the 1st quarter of 2023, had a temporary work contract or other contractual arrangement, 21.4% (153.5 thousand) moved into a permanent work contract in the 2nd quarter of 2023.

Of the total of workers who were part-time workers in the 1st quarter of 2023, 19.2% (79.6 thousand) changed to full-time work in the 2nd quarter of 2023. 

The percentage of persons who remained employed between the 1st quarter of 2023 and the 2nd quarter of 2023, but changed job, decreased by 0.2 pp compared to the last quarter, standing at 3.6% (169.4 thousand).


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