4.2
in the
Comparing June 1983 with June 1982, employment
manufacturing sector showed no change while
employment in the tertiary services sectors increased
moderately; but employment on building and contruction
sites continued to show a decline. Nevertheless,
employment in the manufacturing sector increased during
the second quarter of this year.
4.3
in the
In the twelve months ending June 1983, earnings
manufacturing sector, in terms of payroll per
in real terms
tertiary services
person engaged, increased slightly
(paragraph 4.10), while those in the
sectors remained relatively stable (paragraph 4.11).
Construction wage rates, however, continued to decline in
real terms (paragraph 4.12).
The supply of and the demand for labour
4.4
Affected by demographic patterns, the population
of working age increased slightly in the third quarter of
this year compared with the same period of last year. (4) Thus, even though the labour force participation rate
(4)
/declined
The labour force participation rate is defined as the proportion of the economically active population (those working or unemployed) in the population aged 15 and over. The labour force participation rate was 64.4% in the third quarter, the same as that in the previous quarter and slightly lower than the 64.7% in the third quarter of 1982.
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