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Table 3 Employment status, working age population (15–64), 2008 and 2011

From: Does Italy represent an opportunity for temporary migrants from the eastern partnership countries?

 

2008

2011

F

M

Tot

F

M

Tot

Italians

Labour force

51.5

74.2

62.9

50.6

71.9

61.2

Employment rate

47.2

70.2

59.0

46.3

66.9

56.6

Unemployment rate

8.4

5.4

6.7

8.4

6.9

7.5

Observations

51,998

50,355

102,353

46,741

44,660

91,401

Total immigrants

Labour force

59.7

85.6

72.3

59.3

84.7

71.4

Employment rate

52.1

80.4

65.9

50.9

77.5

63.5

Unemployment rate

12.7

6.0

8.9

14.2

8.5

11.0

Observations

2,272

1,981

4,253

4,488

3,821

8,309

Ukraine

Labour force

76.6

78.9

77.0

82.1

78.6

81.4

Employment rate

70.4

77.6

71.7

77.0

73.7

76.3

Unemployment rate

8.1

1.7

6.9

6.3

6.3

6.3

Observations

136

30

166

327

83

410

Moldova

Labour force

77.4

87.4

79.9

77.6

84.0

79.8

Employment rate

67.7

87.4

72.8

70.9

72.2

71.4

Unemployment rate

12.4

0.0

8.9

8.6

14.1

10.6

Observations

72

24

96

174

91

265

Poland

Labour force

58.8

91.1

65.3

71.0

89.4

76.9

Employment rate

54.8

87.3

61.4

66.2

78.4

70.1

Unemployment rate

6.7

4.2

6.0

6.8

12.2

8.9

Observations

100

24

124

175

80

255

Romania

Labour force

65.0

84.7

74.6

68.8

88.2

77.7

Employment rate

57.6

79.9

68.5

59.1

81.3

69.3

Unemployment rate

11.3

5.7

8.2

14.2

7.8

10.8

Observations

364

305

669

1,022

786

1,808

  1. Source: Own elaborations based on Istat LFS 2011 - 2nd quarter and on Istat LFS 2008 - 2nd quarter.