The impact of the crisis on ICT and ICT-related employment

This report presents the results of analysis of short-term movements and long-term trends in [information and communications technology] ICT-related employment and compares these with broader trends in employment across the economy. It focuses on recent trends in ICT and ICT-related employment; and comparisons with some measures of aggregate employment. The report provides information on indicators that can be used in Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE) analysis of ICT employment trends. Analysis of short-term cyclical data show that employment is continuing to drop in the ICT sector, notably in the ICT goods sector, and is remaining mostly flat in ICT services. Overall, in the second quarter of 2009, employment in ICT manufacturing in all reporting countries slumped by around 6-7% year-on-year. In most countries this is better than in the 2002-2003 period, but in some countries performance in this recession is worse than manufacturing in total. ICT services performance is heterogeneous, but is overall flat.

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