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CHART 2.7
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Average annual growth rates for employment, 1996-2006
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- Spain and Ireland had the highest growth rates in employment. Employment declined only in Japan.
- U.S. employment growth, although identical to the EU-15 average, outpaced that of 8 of the 12 European countries; the remaining countries recorded higher employment growth than the United States, except for Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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NOTE: 1996-2005 for the EU-15. 1996-2004 for Singapore.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.
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