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An analysis of the Jamaican labor force

Neville Johnson
Caribbean Today
10-31-1994
An analysis of the Jamaican labor force.

The latest figure on the Jamaican labor force from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), shows a marginal increase of 0.4 percent in employment. In 1992, the labor force stood at 1,078,900, this figure has increased to 1,083,000 in 1993. The total population of Jamaica is 2.4 million.

Despite a marginal increase in the labor force unemployment is still high, some 18 percent of the labor force, and since the start of this year some 10,000 - 15,000 workers have lost their jobs.

A look at the age composition of the labor force in Jamaica will give a more vivid picture. The age group 14 years and over ...

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