Registered unemployment decreased 13.6% in the year to … – Digital Journal

Registered unemployment decreased 13.6% in the year to … – Digital Journal

According to figures from the Employment and Vocational Training Institute (IEFP) in November and year on year, the number of registered unemployed in the employment centers fell 13.6%, which is less 93,936 people.

Compared to the previous month, the number of unemployed registered in the Employment Institute fell 1.2%, ie less than 7,433 people in October.

These 598,083 people registered in the employment centers in late November represent 69.9% of a total of 855,704 requests for work.
In an analysis by gender, the data point to an annual fall of similar dimension of unemployment in both men (-13.9%), and women (-13.2%).

In terms of age groups, the total unemployed there was a more representative annual decline in young people (-17.8%) than in adults ( -12.9%).

As for the inscription of time in job centers, registered unemployed for less than a year

fell 18.7% in November this year and over the same month of 2013 a that decrease was less significant in the case of long-term unemployed (-7.6%).

At the regional level, in November this year and compared to the same period, unemployment decreased in all regions of the country, and this decline was sharper in the Algarve (17%), followed by the Alentejo (-14.4%) and the Centre (14%).

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