Sentence examples for labour force lifting from inspiring English sources

Reconstruction after the war had boosted growth; the movement of workers out of farming and into industry had raised both productivity and GDP; and many more women had entered the labour force, lifting output.

However, calculations by CSFB, an investment bank, show that if by reducing unemployment and by encouraging more people to join the labour force, employment was lifted from the current 60% of the population of working age to 75% (as in America), the old-age dependency ratio would rise much less sharply, from 0.7 to 0.9.

Policies aiming at protecting employment and supporting women labour force participation as well as households with children are needed to lift persistently poor households out of this condition.

The first set of data since immigration controls were lifted on the newest countries to join the EU - the official Labour Force Survey - show that there were 140,000 people born in those two countries in the British workforce in the first three months of this year.

If the euro area lifted its employment ratio to American levels over a 20-year period, this could increase its labour force by 1% a year, thereby raising the region's growth potential by the same amount.

While pundits were still mulling the latest paring of health and pension benefits for GM's employees, Europe's biggest carmaker unveiled its own plans to lift its fortunes: on Friday Volkswagen (VW) said that some 20,000 workers, about 20% of the German carmaker's labour force, would go by 2009.

Thirty-five yeago ago there was a massive difference in women's labour force participation between married and single women: Now the difference is marginal, and in some age groups married women are more likely to be in the labour force: Income splitting would seek to undo this trend at a time when lifting labour force participation is crucial given the ageing population.

A young labour force has new aspirations.

Agriculture employs most of the labour force.

As a result, the potential labour force is declining.

The labour force is changing dramatically.