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			<title> Aggiornato: Unemployment statistics at regional level </title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics_at_regional_level</link>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics_at_regional_level&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment statistics at regional level&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;0px&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/4/44/External.png&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Regions_with_highest_and_lowest_unemployment_rates_and_long-term_unemployment_shares_in_2012_(%25).png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Regions with highest and lowest unemployment rates and long-term unemployment shares in 2012 (%).png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/e/e8/Regions_with_highest_and_lowest_unemployment_rates_and_long-term_unemployment_shares_in_2012_%28%25%29.png/100px-Regions_with_highest_and_lowest_unemployment_rates_and_long-term_unemployment_shares_in_2012_%28%25%29.png&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;143&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Regions_with_highest_and_lowest_unemployment_rates_and_long-term_unemployment_shares_in_2012_(%25).png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This article provides an overview of regional &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Unemployment_rate&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Unemployment rate&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot;&gt;unemployment rates&lt;/a&gt; across the 270 &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Nomenclature_of_territorial_units_for_statistics_(NUTS)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)&quot;&gt;NUTS&lt;/a&gt;-2 regions of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Union_(EU)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:European Union (EU)&quot;&gt;European Union (EU)&lt;/a&gt; in 2012, compiled by &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Eurostat&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Eurostat&quot;&gt;Eurostat&lt;/a&gt; on the basis of data from the EU &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Labour_force_survey_(LFS)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Labour force survey (LFS)&quot;&gt;Labour force survey&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;p&gt;Regional unemployment rates varied widely across the 270 NUTS-2 regions of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:EU-27&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:EU-27&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot;&gt;EU-27&lt;/a&gt; in 2012, with the lowest rates recorded in the regions of Salzburg and Tirol (both 2.5&amp;nbsp;%) in Austria and Tübingen, Oberbayern and Trier (all 2.7&amp;nbsp;%) in Germany, while the highest rates were registered in the regions of Ceuta (38.5&amp;nbsp;%), Andalucía (34.6&amp;nbsp;%), Extremadura and Canarias (both 33.0&amp;nbsp;%) in Spain and Dytiki Makedonia (29.9&amp;nbsp;%) in Greece. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics_at_regional_level&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment statistics at regional level&quot;&gt; Più ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<pubDate>22.05.2013</pubDate>								</item>
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			<title> Aggiornato: Tourism statistics - occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments </title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Tourism_statistics_-_occupancy_rates_in_hotels_and_similar_establishments</link>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Tourism_statistics_-_occupancy_rates_in_hotels_and_similar_establishments&quot; title=&quot;Tourism statistics - occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;0px&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/4/44/External.png&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:82px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Graph_Monthly_net_occupancy_rates_of_bed_places,_January_2013.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Graph Monthly net occupancy rates of bed places, January 2013.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/7/71/Graph_Monthly_net_occupancy_rates_of_bed_places%2C_January_2013.png/80px-Graph_Monthly_net_occupancy_rates_of_bed_places%2C_January_2013.png&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Graph_Monthly_net_occupancy_rates_of_bed_places,_January_2013.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This article focuses on the short-term evolutions in the occupancy of bed places and bedrooms of &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Hotels_and_similar_establishments&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Hotels and similar establishments&quot;&gt;hotels and similar accommodation establishments&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Union_(EU)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:European Union (EU)&quot;&gt;European Union (EU)&lt;/a&gt;. 
&lt;p&gt;With the adoption of &lt;a href=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32011R0692:EN:NOT&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32011R0692:EN:NOT&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Regulation 692/2011&lt;/a&gt; concerning European statistics on tourism, information on occupancy of hotels and similar establishments has significantly improved. From 2012 onwards, &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:EU_enlargements&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:EU enlargements&quot;&gt;Member States&lt;/a&gt; transmit to &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Eurostat&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Eurostat&quot;&gt;Eurostat&lt;/a&gt; monthly data on &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Occupancy_rate&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Occupancy rate&quot;&gt;net occupancy rate&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;i&gt;bedrooms&lt;/i&gt;. This is a new variable complementing already existing information on net occupancy rate of &lt;i&gt;bed places&lt;/i&gt;. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This article is the first publication of January 2013 data on occupancy rates of bed places and bedrooms. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Tourism_statistics_-_occupancy_rates_in_hotels_and_similar_establishments&quot; title=&quot;Tourism statistics - occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments&quot;&gt; Più ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<pubDate>22.05.2013</pubDate>								</item>
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			<title> Aggiornato: Computer and personal and household good repair statistics - NACE Rev. 2 </title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Computer_and_personal_and_household_good_repair_statistics_-_NACE_Rev._2</link>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Computer_and_personal_and_household_good_repair_statistics_-_NACE_Rev._2&quot; title=&quot;Computer and personal and household good repair statistics - NACE Rev. 2&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;0px&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/4/44/External.png&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Ten_largest_NUTS_2_regions_in_terms_of_employment,_repair_of_computers_and_personal_and_household_goods_(NACE_Division_95),_EU-27_and_Norway,_2010_(thousands).png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Ten largest NUTS 2 regions in terms of employment, repair of computers and personal and household goods (NACE Division 95), EU-27 and Norway, 2010 (thousands).png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/0/03/Ten_largest_NUTS_2_regions_in_terms_of_employment%2C_repair_of_computers_and_personal_and_household_goods_%28NACE_Division_95%29%2C_EU-27_and_Norway%2C_2010_%28thousands%29.png/100px-Ten_largest_NUTS_2_regions_in_terms_of_employment%2C_repair_of_computers_and_personal_and_household_goods_%28NACE_Division_95%29%2C_EU-27_and_Norway%2C_2010_%28thousands%29.png&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Ten_largest_NUTS_2_regions_in_terms_of_employment,_repair_of_computers_and_personal_and_household_goods_(NACE_Division_95),_EU-27_and_Norway,_2010_(thousands).png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This article presents an overview of statistics for the repair of computers and personal and household goods in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Union_(EU)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:European Union (EU)&quot;&gt;European Union (EU)&lt;/a&gt;, as covered by &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:NACE&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:NACE&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot;&gt;NACE&lt;/a&gt; Rev.&amp;nbsp;2 Division&amp;nbsp;95. This is the only division within Section&amp;nbsp;S (other service activities) for which &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Structural_business_statistics_(SBS)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Structural business statistics (SBS)&quot;&gt;structural business statistics (SBS)&lt;/a&gt; are compiled and this division completes the SBS coverage of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Non-financial_business_economy&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Non-financial business economy&quot;&gt;non-financial business economy&lt;/a&gt; which is defined as Sections&amp;nbsp;B to J, L to N and Division&amp;nbsp;95. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Computer_and_personal_and_household_good_repair_statistics_-_NACE_Rev._2&quot; title=&quot;Computer and personal and household good repair statistics - NACE Rev. 2&quot;&gt; Più ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<title> Nuovo: Living standards statistics </title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Living_standards_statistics</link>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Living_standards_statistics&quot; title=&quot;Living standards statistics&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;0px&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/4/44/External.png&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Change_in_median_income_in_2010_compared_with_2009_after_adjusting_for_inflation.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Change in median income in 2010 compared with 2009 after adjusting for inflation.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/4/45/Change_in_median_income_in_2010_compared_with_2009_after_adjusting_for_inflation.png/100px-Change_in_median_income_in_2010_compared_with_2009_after_adjusting_for_inflation.png&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;35&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Change_in_median_income_in_2010_compared_with_2009_after_adjusting_for_inflation.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This articles focuses on living standards in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Union_(EU)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:European Union (EU)&quot;&gt;European Union (EU)&lt;/a&gt;, as measured by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Median&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Median&quot;&gt;median&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Equivalised_disposable_income&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Equivalised disposable income&quot;&gt;equivalised disposable income&lt;/a&gt;. Living standards fell in 15 Member States in 2010 compared with a year earlier, after adjusting for &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Inflation&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Inflation&quot;&gt;inflation&lt;/a&gt;. In the vast majority of Member States the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Relative_median_income_ratio&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Relative median income ratio&quot;&gt;median income&lt;/a&gt; fell most for the unemployed and least for people in employment. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Living_standards_statistics&quot; title=&quot;Living standards statistics&quot;&gt; Più ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<pubDate>21.05.2013</pubDate>								</item>
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			<title> Aggiornato: Inflation in the euro area </title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Inflation_in_the_euro_area</link>
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Inflation_in_the_euro_area&quot; title=&quot;Inflation in the euro area&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;0px&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/4/44/External.png&quot; width=&quot;10&quot; height=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:102px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Euro_area_annual_inflation_and_its_main_components_(%25),_2013,_April_2012_and_November_-_April_2013-e.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Euro area annual inflation and its main components (%), 2013, April 2012 and November - April 2013-e.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/9/97/Euro_area_annual_inflation_and_its_main_components_%28%25%29%2C_2013%2C_April_2012_and_November_-_April_2013-e.png/100px-Euro_area_annual_inflation_and_its_main_components_%28%25%29%2C_2013%2C_April_2012_and_November_-_April_2013-e.png&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;29&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Euro_area_annual_inflation_and_its_main_components_(%25),_2013,_April_2012_and_November_-_April_2013-e.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The data in this article show the most recent annual rates of change for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Euro_area&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Euro area&quot;&gt;euro area&lt;/a&gt; headline &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Inflation&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Inflation&quot;&gt;inflation&lt;/a&gt; and its four main components issued by &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Eurostat&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Eurostat&quot;&gt;Eurostat&lt;/a&gt;. The figures presented are actual HICP figures. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Inflation_in_the_euro_area&quot; title=&quot;Inflation in the euro area&quot;&gt; Più ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<title>Gender pay gap statistics</title>
			<link>http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Figure1_The_unadjusted_gender_pay_gap,2011.png</link>
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&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tleft&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;width:252px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Figure1_The_unadjusted_gender_pay_gap,2011.png&quot; class=&quot;image&quot; title=&quot;Figure1 The unadjusted gender pay gap,2011.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/images/thumb/5/53/Figure1_The_unadjusted_gender_pay_gap%2C2011.png/250px-Figure1_The_unadjusted_gender_pay_gap%2C2011.png&quot; width=&quot;250&quot; height=&quot;126&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/File:Figure1_The_unadjusted_gender_pay_gap,2011.png&quot; class=&quot;internal&quot; title=&quot;Ingrandisci&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The article below shows how gender inequalities in terms of pay vary widely among Member States of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:European_Union_(EU)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:European Union (EU)&quot;&gt;European Union (EU)&lt;/a&gt; and among groups of &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Employee_-_LFS&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Employee - LFS&quot;&gt;employees&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;p&gt;The unadjusted &lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Glossary:Gender_pay_gap_(GPG)&quot; title=&quot;Glossary:Gender pay gap (GPG)&quot;&gt;gender pay pap (GPG)&lt;/a&gt; is an important indicator used within the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=101&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; class=&quot;external text&quot; title=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=101&amp;amp;langId=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;European employment strategy (EES)&lt;/a&gt; to monitor imbalances in wages between men and women. It is defined as the relative difference (in percentage) between the average gross hourly earnings of women and men.&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Gender_pay_gap_statistics&quot; title=&quot;Gender pay gap statistics&quot;&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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			<pubDate>06.03.2013</pubDate>								</item>
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