The increase in unemployment which has occurred since 1990 in all Member States in respect of both men and women would have been greater, as noted above, had there not been a fall in the rate of growth of the labour force in the Union.
Ωστόσο, η διαφο­ρά αυτή ελάχιστα οφείλεται στις μεταβολές που σημειώθηκαν στον πληθυσμό εργάσιμης ηλικίας.