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Highest increase in unemployment among men
Registered unemployment among first generation immigrants increased from 6.2 percent to 7.3 per cent from May 1999 to May this year. By comparison the unemployment rate for the entire population increased from 2.2 per cent to 2.6 per cent - all calculated as a fraction of the labour force. The increase has primarily occurred among men.
The immigrants from Africa had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 14.2 per cent at the end of May followed by the immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe with an unemployment rate of 10.4 and 9.9 per cent respectively. First generation immigrants from South and Central America had the highest increase from 6.2 per cent to 8.7 per cent.
The registered unemployment rate for male immigrants was 8.2 per cent in May this year, while the unemployment rate for female immigrants was 6.2 per cent. For the whole country these figures were 2.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively.
The number of persons covered by ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes) showed only a slight decrease from May 1999 to May 2000 both at the national level and among immigrants. At the end of May this year, 3 703 immigrants were enrolled in public sector job creation programmes. They accounted for 29.0 per cent of all persons covered by such schemes. Immigrants from Eastern Europe had the highest percentage of participants in such labour market schemes, 3.4 per cent.
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The unemployment figures are based on the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation’s register of jobseekers and are calculated as a share of the labour force, which is the sum of employed persons and registered unemployed persons, i.e. people offering their labour on the labour market.
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