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XI. Employment, Prices, Incomes
Table 1. Unemployment fíegistration
Annual averages Quarter III Quarter IV January
1993 1994 1993 1994 1993 1994 1994 1995
1 Unemployment days pr. month 121364 134520 95856 97954 135634 124261 206232 187067
12 Reykjavík area 68768 77666 62541 64154 76560 92953 92059 93259
13 Outside Reykjavík 52595 56854 33316 33800 59074 68501 114173 93808
2 Average number of unemployed 5601 6209 4424 4520 6257 7452 9515 8630
21 Males 2712 2856 1799 1756 2948 3760 4507 4418
22 Females 2889 3353 2625 2764 3309 3692 5008 4212
3 Estimated labour force 129897 130350 134879 137447 127554 127347 126469 127786
4 Unemployment as a ratío of the labour force (%) 4.3 4.7 3.3 3.3 4.9 5.9 7.5 6.8
Source: Ministry of Social Affairs.
Table 2. Wages, Income and Prices
Indiœs, 1980 = 100 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 19932’ 19942>
Wages of skilled and unskilled labour 790 1120 1421 1610 1734 1884 1958 1993 2007
Disposable income per capita 977 1424 1737 1937 2130 2332 2362 2355 2346
Cost of living index 870 1033 1296 1570 1803 1926 1998 2079 2110
Buildíng cost index 855 1005 1185 1449 1727 1865 1916 1955 2006
Real wages of skilled and unskilled labour1’.. 90.8 108.3 109.6 102.5 96.2 97.8 98.0 95.9 95.2
Real disposable income per capita1* 112.3 137.7 133.9 123.4 118.1 121.1 118.2 113.3 111.7
RealGNI 117.7 130.6 129.1 126.8 126.6 129.9 124.5 123.6 126.1
Real GNI per capita 110.4 121.1 117.9 114.5 113.4 114.9 108.8 106.9 108.2
Changes from previous year (%) Wages of skilled and unskilled labour 32.3 41.8 26.9 13.3 7.7 8.7 3.9 1.8 0.7
Disposable income per capita 31.5 45.8 22.0 11.5 10.0 9.5 1.3 -0.3 -0.4
Cost of living index 21.2 18.8 25.4 21.1 14.8 6.8 3.7 4.1 1.5
Building cost index 26.0 17.6 17.9 22.3 19.2 8.0 2.8 2.0 2.6
Real wages of skilled and unskilled labour1).. 9.2 19.3 1.1 -6.4 -6.2 1.7 0.2 -2.2 -0.7
Real disposable income per capita11 8.5 22.6 -2.8 -7.9 -4.2 2.5 -2.4 -4.2 -1.4
Real GNI 8.8 11.0 -1.1 -1.8 -0.2 2.6 -4.1 -0.8 2.0
Real GNI per capita 8.7 9.7 -2.7 -2.9 -1.0 1.3 -5.3 -1.8 1.2
1) Deflated by the cost of living index. 2) Preliminary figures.
Sources: Statistical Bureau of lceland, National Economic Institute, Institute of Labour Market Research.
Table 3. Real Hourly Earnings
Annual averages Latest quarters
Indices, 1990 = 100 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1993:3 1993:4 1994:1 1994:2 1994:3
Unskilled workers: males 105.9 100.0 101.5 101.7 99.6 96.9 99.5 100.7 100.0 97.6
Unskilled workers: females . 106.9 100.0 103.7 103.0 100.8 99.4 100.2 100.5 99.0 97.9
Skilled workers 107.7 100.0 100.2 102.4 99.2 98.7 95.4 96.8 96.3 96.3
Commercial clerks: males 102.3 100.0 103.2 108.2 103.9 101.6 103.5 105.0 102.4 99.7
Commercial clerks: females 107.6 100.0 100.0 103.8 99.9 97.2 98.9 100.3 97.7 96.4
Office clerks: males 109.2 100.0 99.4 103.4 98.0 98.9 94.9 96.0 97.7 95.5
Office clerks: females 109.5 100.0 101.5 107.9 105.0 103.8 106.1 108.8 109.5 106.7
Weighted average .. 107.2 100.0 101.3 103.3 100.3 98.9 99.0 100.2 99.7 98.1
Source: Institute of Labour Market Research.
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