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The supply of and the demand for labour
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Since the influx of illegal immigrants has
diminished, the labour force participation rate (4) and the size of the population of working age became the major factors affecting the growth rate of the supply of labour. Affected
by demographic patterns, the population of working age increased slightly in the first half of this year. As the labour force participation rate was relatively stable, there was only a small increase in the supply of labour during this period (5).
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(4) The labour force participation rate is defined as the proportion of the economically active population working or seeking work. The labour force participation rate was 64% in the second quarter, compared with 63.8% in the first quarter of 1983 and 64.4% in the fourth quarter of 1982.
(5)
The total labour force and the employed population according to the definitions used for the General Household Survey:
Rate of Increase/ (Decrease)
Rate of Increase/ (Decrease) on previous
period
(8)
Number of
Labour
Quarter ending
force
(no.)
on previous
period
(8)
persons employed
(no.)
1981
Dec
2 489 400
2 411 100
1982
Mar
2 483 300
(0.2)
2 401 900
Jun
2 485 300
0.1
2 406 500
(0.4) 0.2
Sep
2 512 800
1.1
2 412 300
0.2
Dec
2 511 000
(0.1)
2 407 700
(0.2)
1983
Mar Jun+
2 497 800
(0.5)
2 370 600
(1.5)
2 520 000
0.9
2 409 000
1.6
Note:
(+) Provisional estimates
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