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Strong growth in employees from new EU member states
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2006-06-20T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings;Immigration and immigrants
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Employed short-term immigrants, 2005, 4th quarter

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Strong growth in employees from new EU member states

9 087 citizens from the new EU member states were employed on short term in Norway in the 4t h quarter of 2005. This is 7 728 more than in same quarter in 2003.

Of the employees permanently resident in Norway in the 4t h quarter 2005, 3 867 had immigrated from the new EU member states since 2003.

The growth was stronger from 2004 to 2005 than the year before, both for short term immigrants and for permanent residents in Norway. Among persons from the new EU member states, the majority was from Poland and Lithuania.

Most people from the Nordic countries

Even though the number of employees coming from the new EU member states has increased during the last two years, the majority of the 37 883 short term immigrants originated from other countries. The largest group came from the Nordic countries - this group contained 15 663 persons.

Distribution by industry division

Short term immigrants only account for a small part (1.65 per cent) of the employed persons registered as resident in the fourth quarter 2005. But the share of short term immigrants vary a lot by industry.

Short term immigrants constituted the highest employment rate within extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (6,25 per cent), construction (5,84 per cent) and hotels and restaurants (3,24 per cent).

The division by industry vary a lot depending of the country of origin. Employees from the new EU member states mainly worked in construction (32,2 per cent), other business activities (20,4 per cent) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (18,5 per cent).

Short term immigrants from other Nordic countries mainly worked in construction (32,2 per cent), but many also worked in other business activities and in health and social work. The two dominant industries for short term immigrants from the other EU member states was extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, and other business activities.

This figures are a supplement to the register based employment statistics, who gives data only about persons permanently resident in Norway. This is according to the recommendations from the International Labour Organisasjon (ILO) for measurement of employment and unemployment. The main data sources for statistics about short term immigrants are the Central Register on Employers and Employees, the End of the Year Certificate Register, and registers from the Central Office - Foreign Tax Affairs.

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