In Spain the proportion of young women in the Labour force has now reached American levels. The glass is much nearer to being half full than half empty.

在西班牙，年轻女性占劳动力的比例已与美国相当，差不多已经大于了一半。

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More importantly, labour-force participation is still more than a full percentage point below what it reached in 2000.

更为重要的是，劳动力参与率比00年还要低1个多百分点。

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For example, in Mauritius - southern Africa's "little tiger" which has full employment and where women's entry into the labour force has played a crucial role in economic growth - men are the source of 92 % of the economic news.

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Further, there are things that can be done to mitigate those problems over the wider area: a common treasury, that full economic union, inter-regional transfers and a mobile labour force.

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As firms cut back, the proportion of full-time contract jobs has fallen from almost 80% of the labour force in 1990 to 66% in 2007, according to the OECD.

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