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XI. Employment, Prices, Incomes
Table 1. Unemployment Registration
Annual averages Quarter II Quarter III October
1991 1992 1992 1993 1992 1993 1992 1993
Unemployment days pr. month 41179 83771 75117 115589 76458 95856 81552 101825
Reykjavík area 15071 41882 38923 63982 41848 62541 47381 65703
Outside Reykjavík 26108 41889 36194 51607 34610 33316 34171 36122
Average number ot unemployed 1901 3865 3468 5336 3526 4424 3764 4699
Males 959 1932 1761 2624 1533 1799 1704 2035
Females 942 1934 1707 2712 1993 2625 2060 2664
Unemployment as a ratio of the work force (%) 1.4 3.0 2.7 4.1 2.6 3.3 2.9 3.6
Source: Ministry of Social Affairs.
Table 2. Wages, Income and Prices
Indices, 1980=100 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 19932) 19943>
Wages of skilled and unskilled labour 790 1120 1421 1610 1734 1884 1958 2000 2002
Disposable income per capita 977 1424 1737 1937 2130 2332 2368 2316 2293
Cost of living index 870 1034 1297 1570 1803 1926 1998 2081 2123
Building cost index 832 979 1154 1421 1673 1800 1843 1885 1921
Real wages of skilled and unskilled labour'1 90.8 108.3 109.6 102.5 96.2 97.8 98.0 96.1 94.3
Real disposable income per capita1* 112.3 137.7 133.9 123.4 118.1 121.1 118.5 111.3 108.0
RealGNI 117.7 130.6 129.1 126.8 126.6 129.6 123.8 121.5 118.3
Real GNI percapita 110.4 121.1 117.9 114.4 113.4 114.7 108.2 105.1 101.4
Changes from previous year (%)
Wages of skilled and unskilled labour 32.3 41.8 26.9 13.3 7.7 8.7 3.9 2.1 0.1
Disposable income per capita 31.5 45.8 22.0 11.5 10.0 9.5 1.5 -2.2 -1.0
Cost of living index 21.2 18.9 25.4 21.0 14.8 6.8 3.7 4.2 2.0
Building cost index 24.6 17.7 17.9 23.1 17.7 7.6 2.4 2.3 1.9
Real wages of skilled and unskilled labour1’ 9.2 19.3 1.1 -6.4 -6.2 1.7 0.2 -2.0 -1.9
Real disposable income per capita1* 8.5 22.6 -2.8 -7.9 -4.2 2.5 -2.1 -6.1 -2.9
RealGNI 9.5 11.0 -1.1 -1.8 -0.1 2.4 -4.5 -1.9 -2.6
Real GNI per capita 8.7 9.7 -2.7 -2.9 -0.9 1.1 -5.6 -2.9 -3.6
1) Deflated by the cost of living index. 2) Preliminary figures. 3) Forecast.
Sources: Statistical Bureau of lceland, National Economic Institute, Institute of Labour Market Research.
Table 3. Real Hourly Earnings
Annual averages
Latestquarters
Indices, 1990=100 1988 1989 1990
Unskilled workers, males ...... 112.7 105.9 100.0
Unskilled workers, females 117.7 106.9 100.0
Skilled workers 112.5 107.7 100.0
Commercial clerks, males 112.6 102.3 100.0
Commercial clerks, females .. 118.7 107.5 100.0
Office clerks, males 115.0 109.2 100.0
Office clerks, females 113.6 109.5 100.0
Weighted average 114.1 107.2 100.0
Source: Institute of Labour Market Research.
1991 1992 1992:2 1992:3 1992:4 1993:1 1993:2
101.5 101.7 102.1 99.7 103.1 102.1 99.7
103.7 103.0 102.8 102.7 104.7 103.7 100.1
100.2 102.4 103.7 101.4 104.1 101.1 101.7
103.2 108.2 109.0 106.5 109.2 107.1 103.7
100.0 103.8 101.7 104.8 105.2 103.5 99.9
99.4 103.4 101.7 102.6 106.1 99.7 98.6
101.5 107.9 108.3 108.8 107.5 105.1 104.9
101.3 103.3 103.5 102.5 104.8 102.5 100.9
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