Abstract: | The Federal Republic of Germany will be facing in the next few years changes in its economic structure which, if not in their
extent, in their effect on the employment situation will be without parallel in the post-war period. After fifteen years of
nearly uninterrupted full employment, it is reasonable to expect in the medium term an over-all rate of unemployment of the
order of 2–3 p.c. (0.5–0.7 mn). |