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CHART 2.7

Average annual growth rates for employment, 1995-2005

  • Ireland and Spain had the highest growth rates in employment. Employment declined only in Japan.

  • U.S. employment growth outpaced that of 8 of the 12 European countries; the remaining countries recorded higher employment growth than the United States, except for Japan and the Republic of Korea.

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Chart of Average annual growth rates for employment, 1995-2005

NOTE: 1995-2004 for Singapore.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.

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