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Hourly labour costs in the Candidate Countries
 
 
Figure 4 presents Table 2 by using boxplots as graphical tools. The figure visualizes hourly labour costs for countries over all NACE sections. Every boxplot represents a row of table 2. The boxplots referring to Cyprus and Romania are highlighted.
 
Figure 4: Boxplots displaying hourly labour costs for the Candidate Countries
 
You may also display boxplots for the columns of Table 2 (comparison of hourly labour costs for economic activities over all countries) by starting a Java applet.
 
Java applet "Hourly labour costs in the Member States 2000"
 
The countries or NACE sections connected with the highest or lowest labour costs may be identified by moving the mouse to the upper or lower part of the boxplot.
 
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