This publication belongs to a quarterly series presenting the main results of the EU Labour Force Survey for the EU-27 and for all Member States. Indicators presented in this publication are: activity rates, employment rates, part-time employment as share of total employment, average actual hour...
Demand for reliable information on highly skilled people, and more specifically doctorate holders, has risen as the role played by knowledge and research in innovation and economic performance is increasingly recognised. The main focus in this paper is on doctorate holders and will review the su...
The publication shows the current trend in various fields of patenting activity like biotechnology and high-tech patenting. It also shed light on the patent applications to the European Patent Office by ICT group and by economic activity (NACE). It also shows the slightly decreasing trend in for...
The importance of the tourism industry for economic, social and cultural development in Europe and the role of tourism as a driver of development and socioeconomic integration are generally acknowledged. This publication takes a look at the contribution made by the tourism industry to the labour...
In 2011, general government expenditure amounted to 49.1% of EU-27 GDP. Based on the latest available expenditure data by economic function for 2010, more than half was devoted to social protection and health, which accounted for 19.9% and 7.5% respectively of GDP. The other important sectors of...
European road freight transport declined in 2011 in terms of tonne-kilometres (tkm) after a slight recovery in 2010, reflecting the economic climate. However, there was a small rise in tonnage terms. Cabotage bucked the trend by growing strongly in 2011. National, international and cross trade t...
Selection of results from the survey "Factors of Business Success" (2005) on innovation as a success factor, broken down to several characteristics of the entrepreneurs and their enterprises....
This article presents data on environmental protection expenditure of the European Union in the period 1997-2004. The analysis of industry’s environmental protection expenditure (EPE) can be used to evaluate the importance of environmental activities with respect to the economy as a whole as wel...
Between 2000 and 2007 more than two thirds of the embodied employment in European exports was due to manufactured products, while financial and real estate services showed the largest embodied labour income per person employed in exports activities, both in the EU-27 and in the euro area....
This paper presents the latest trends in turnover and employment of EU-controlled affiliates located outside the European Union; it also links outward Foreign AffiliaTes Statistics (FATS) with data for outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stocks, as both datasets are complementary. In affilia...