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Rise in employees on short-term stays
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2008-06-19T10:00:00.000Z
Labour market and earnings;Immigration and immigrants
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Employed short-term immigrants, 2007, 4th quarter

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Rise in employees on short-term stays

In the fourth quarter of 2007, 64 297 wage earners were staying in Norway short-time, an increase of 8 954 or 16.2 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2006.

People who work in Norway for less than six months are defined as being on short-term stays and thus not registered as residents in the population register. In total, 24 508 people immigrated to Norway from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter of 2007. The classified as residents. The total immigration growth last year was therefore 33 462.

Largest inflow from eastern EU states

A total of 23 405 citizens from the EU states in Eastern Europe were employed short-term in Norway in the fourth quarter of 2007. This is an increase of 4 536 from the corresponding quarter in 2006. The growth from the fourth quarter of 2004 to the fourth quarter of 2007 was 18 830.

12 458 of the employees who were permanently resident in Norway in the fourth quarter of 2007 had immigrated from the EU states in Eastern Europe between the fourth quarter of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2007. Furthermore, 30 592 employed persons from eastern EU states were registered as residents. The total number of people (short-term + residents) from the EU states in Eastern Europe staying in Norway was 53 997.

Majority from Nordic countries

Although the number of employees from the new EU countries increased during the past year, the majority of the 64 297 short-term immigrants came from other countries. The largest group, totalling 24 184 people, came from the Nordic countries in the fourth quarter of 2007, an increase of 3 996 from the corresponding quarter in 2006. In addition, 7 934 people came from Western Europe.

Distribution by industry

Short-term immigrants mostly work in construction (23.6 per cent), but a large share also work in provision of personnel (18.9 per cent) and the manufacturing industry (14.9 per cent).

The distribution by industry varies considerably depending on country of origin. Employees from the EU states in Eastern Europe mainly work in construction (31.1 per cent), the manufacturing industry (21.5 per cent) or provision of personnel (20.1 per cent). Short-term immigrants from the Nordic countries mainly work in construction (25.1 per cent). The dominating industries for short-term immigrants from Western Europe are construction (15.3 per cent), provision of personnel (14.4 per cent) and extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (13.8 per cent).

As a share of the total employment in an industry, provision of personnel was the largest industry for short-term immigrants. Short-term immigrants accounted for 30.6 per cent of the employment in this industry in the fourth quarter of 2007. The corresponding share was 8.4 per cent in construction and 6 per cent in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas.

Who are included in the statistics?

The statistics include people who are expected to stay in Norway for less than six months. They are not registered as residents in the population register. The statistics also include people who do not live in Norway, but work here.

Self employed persons and non-residents in Norway who come from countries outside the EU and work on a Norwegian ship abroad, are not included in the statistics.

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