Luxembourg, 29/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Labour productivity levels in the European Union are on average 2.5 times higher than in the 13 candidate countries (CC13), and the same trend applies for remuneration levels. These are the main findings of a report published recently by Eurostat presenting an analysis using gross value added (GVA), employment, remuneration and productivity indicators for the year 1998.
The distribution of GVA by branch is clearly different in the candidate countries...