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Source of data: Eurostat 2021d
Note: For reasons of convenience, Ireland and Malta are not presented, as their being
outliers decreases the visibility of the Figure. GDP growth in Ireland for 2008-2013
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Figure 7: Employment rates in EU Member States, age 20-64
Source of data: Eurostat 2021e
What the above data show once again is the great heterogeneity of effects and
trends, with employment decreasing in roughly a third of the countries after
the crisis (left side of the Figure), stagnating in another third, and increasing