Publications
Labour market statistics, 2nd quarter 2010
The number of persons in the labour force in the second quarter of 2010 was 185,700 which corresponds to an activity rate of 83.3%. The number of employed persons was 169,500 and unemployed persons were 16,200. The unemployment rate was 8.7%. The number of unemployed persons decreased by 500 from the second quarter of 2009 and the number of employed persons increased by 2,000. The unemployment rate in the capital region is 9.8% and 6.8% in other regions. The average number of working hours of those who were working in the reference week was 40.2 hours.
Staff papers
- Opening address at the 2005 Nordic Seminar on Labour Market Statistics Reykjavík 22-24 September 2005.
A paper by Hallgrímur Snorrason at the opening of the Nordic Seminar on Labour Market Statistics, Reykjavík 22-24 September 2005. - Data sources for mobility research. Some methodological issues related to the use of matched employer-employee files and the Labour Force Survey.
Article by Ómar Harðarson, published by the Nordic Industrial Fund, 2001. - Mobility Rates on Human Capital - The Nordic Countries case, 1988-1998. Article by Ómar Harðarson et al., published by the Nordic Industrial Fund, 2001