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	<title>Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy &#187; Employment</title>
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	<description>The Estonian economy and business life in brief, 1998 until now. News from various public institutions and the press. Brilliant Fixer OÜ is a company, which offers B2B networking services in Estonia. Besides the contact search, the company is engaged in public relations and marketing.</description>
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		<title>Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy &#187; Employment</title>
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		<title>Estonian students rank third in Europe for skills, knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian students are third in Europe after Finland and Ireland for their reading skills and their knowledge of mathematics and science subjects, it appears from a recent European Commission report.
According to the Education Ministry the share of students with a poor achievement level in science subjects is three times lower in Estonia than the average [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3139&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report of the central bank about wages</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/report-of-the-central-bank-about-wages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firms have multiple options at the time of adjusting their wage bills. However, previous literature has mainly focused on base wages. Bank of Estonia broadens the analysis beyond downward rigidity in base wages by investigating the use of other margins of labour cost adjustment at the firm level. Using data from a unique survey, we find that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3098&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Labour costs 16,018 kroons a month</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/labour-costs-16018-kroons-a-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 3rd quarter of 2009, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 11,770 kroons and the hourly gross wages and salaries were 71.76 kroons. Compared to the 3rd quarter of the previous year, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were by 5.9% lower and the average hourly gross [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3065&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Average monthly gross wages and salaries and monthly labour costs per employee, 3rd quarter 2009</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Average monthly gross wages and salaries and monthly labour costs per employee, 3rd quarter 2009</media:title>
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		<title>Slowing economic downturn reflected in the labour market</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/slowing-economic-downturn-reflected-in-the-labour-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the number of the unemployed in Estonia increased to an estimated 102,000 people in the third quarter. At the same time, the unemployment growth rate has considerably eased and the number of participants in the labour force has grown.
The positive news on the third quarter concern participation in the labour force [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3036&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>102,000 persons are unemployed</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/102000-persons-are-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the unemployment rate rose to 14.6% in the 3rd quarter of the current year and the number of the unemployed was the largest during the period after the restoration of independence in Estonia. The positive change on the labour market was that the decrease of the employment stopped.


According to the data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=3030&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram:Persons aged 15–74 by labour status, 1st quarter 2000 – 3rd quarter 2009</media:title>
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		<title>12 pct unemployed</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/12-pct-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonia’s registered unemployment rate rose to a record this week as the Baltic country’s employers continue to cut jobs amid sagging demand, Bloomberg reports. 
The unemployment rate, based on the number of job-seekers registered with labor offices, increased to 11.9 percent as of yesterday, compared with 11.8 percent on Oct. 8, according to data released today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2967&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young people suffer the most in economic crisis</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/young-people-suffer-the-most-in-economic-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, on the labour market of Estonia, young people aged 15–24 have suffered the most due to the economic crisis; their unemployment increased more than three times in the 1st quarter of 2009 compared to the same period of the previous year.


The increase in unemployment in Estonia has been first of all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2916&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants who speak Estonian are more successful on the labour market</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/immigrants-who-speak-estonian-are-more-successful-on-the-labour-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the Immigrant Population Survey reveals that in case of immigrant occupational career the skill of the Estonian language is more important than the immigrant background.


In spite of the rapid changes on the labour market recently, which have been mainly expressed through the growth of unemployment big differences of occupational division remained [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2903&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foreigners must make at least 1000 EUR a month to keep residence permit</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/foreigners-must-make-at-least-1000-eur-a-month-to-keep-residence-permit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A foreigner must earn more than EEK 15,000 a month to keep residence permit, according to an Act which came to force in July, Eesti Päevaleht reports.
Migration and Citizenship Board (KMA) told to a foreigner that he is no longer eligible for residence permit, according to the new provision.
“The fact that I can speak pure Estonian isn’t considered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2878&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The average wage is 12,716 kroons</title>
		<link>http://brilliantfixer.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-average-wage-is-12716-kroons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kairikurm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2009, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 12,716 kroons and the hourly gross wages and salaries were 77.16 kroons. Compared to the 2nd quarter of the previous year, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were by 4.4% lower and the average hourly gross [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantfixer.wordpress.com&blog=2383706&post=2840&subd=brilliantfixer&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Average monthly gross wages and salaries and monthly labour costs per employee, 2nd quarter 2009</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Diagram: Average hourly gross wages and salaries and hourly labour costs, 2nd quarter 2009</media:title>
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