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  • 6.4% Unemployment In Armenia In Jan-Mar 2008

    6.4% UNEMPLOYMENT IN ARMENIA IN JAN-MAR 2008

    ARKA
    May 4, 2008

    YEREVAN, May 4. /ARKA/. 6.4% unemployment was recorded in Armenia in
    January-March 2008 - a 0.8% decrease as compared to the corresponding
    period of last year.

    The RA National Statistical Service reports that Armenia's economically
    active population was nearly 1,149,800 in the first quarter of 2008,
    with 1,076,600 of them employed.

    33.3% of the population - 29.5% men and 37.4% women - were employed
    in the economic sector. 79.9% worked for the private sector, 19.7% for
    the government sector, with only 0.4% involved in the public sector.

    By the end of March, 2008, the RA State Employment Service had
    officially registered 89,100 job-seekers, with 77,000 of them claiming
    unemployed.

    74,700 of the job-seekers were granted unemployment status. 47,000
    of the job-seekers were employed, with 9,300 of them being first-time
    job-seekers.

    Women constituted 74.4% of all the officially registered unemployed
    in Armenia - 55,600.

    Only 16,100 unemployed were granted unemployment benefits against
    11,400 last March. The average monthly benefit was 13,338 AMD against
    last year's 10,458 AMD.

    868 vacancies were officially registered at the end of March 2008
    (89 unemployed for one vacancy).
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