CHART 2.5
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Labor force participation rates for older workers, 2006
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- Persons ages 55 to 64 participated in the labor market far less in Italy and Austria than in the remaining countries.
- Participation rates for persons ages 65 and over varied widely from 1.1 percent (France) to about 30 percent (the Republic of Korea and Mexico); the U.S. rate was nearly four times higher than the EU-15 average.
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SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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