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Jobs, the employed are back above 23 million for the first time since the pandemic

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MILANO – Employment in growth, unemployed and inactive (those who do not have a job and do not even look for it) in decline. There are signs of recovery in the labor market in the Istat data of November 2021, although the wound opened by the Covid crisis cannot be said to be completely healed. However, there is the overcoming of a ‘large number’ that gives the title to the Istat report: the busy in November they returned to over 23 million, for the first time since the start of the pandemic. According to the survey of the Institute, in fact, in the month the number of employees reached 23,059,000. In February 2020, when the coronavirus was still emerging in Italy, there were 23,174,000 employed.

In the penultimate month of last year, the recovery of employees was 64 thousand units in October and 494 thousand units in November 2020. If we compare it with the beginning of the year (January 2021), the number of employed persons increased by 700 thousand units while it is still lower than the pre-pandemic period (February 2020) by 115 thousand units.

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“In November, the growth in employment observed in the previous two months continues, registering an increase of almost 200 thousand employed in three months; compared to January 2021, the increase is 700 thousand employed and regards both employees and self-employed. The employment rate is 2.1 percentage points higher “, summarizes Istat in its comment. Recalling that we are still 115,000 employed under the pre-pandemic, Istat nevertheless points out that “the employment rate, equal to 58.9%, is 0.2 points higher, the unemployment rate fell from 9.7% to 9.2% and the inactivity rate, at 35.0%, is still 0.2 points higher “.

The growth in employment over the month (+ 0.3%) involved men and women, temporary and self-employed employees, people aged 25-34 and over 50. The employment rate rises to 58.9% (+0.2 points). In November, “the growth in employment observed in the previous 2 months continues, registering an increase of almost 200 thousand employees in 3 months”, the statisticians note.

The unemployment rate falls in November to 9.2% with a reduction of 0.2 points over the month and 0.4 points over November 2020. According to the update of the Statistical Institute, there are 2,338,000 job seekers, in decline of 43 thousand units on October and 53 thousand units on November 2020. The decline in job seekers, we read, “is observed for both genders and for all age groups, with the only exception of 35- 49 years old “.

The labor market normalization data also includes the “significant” decline in inactive people between 15 and 64 years with a reduction of 46 thousand units in October and of 633 thousand units in November 2020. The inactivity rate, which rose a lot during the health emergency, drops to 35%. In this case, the decrease “involves men, women and individuals at least 25 years of age”.

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