Focus - Eurozone labour market

Over the past two years, the Euro zone labour market has been in decline. Employment fell more steeply for the younger population cohort, for men rather than women and for workers on temporary contracts compared with other forms of contract. Also, the scenario appears to vary widely from one Euro zone country to another. A comparison of employment elasticity with pre- and mid-crisis GDP reveals that structural features and government policies have impacted on the performance of the labour market in Member States