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Long-term unemployment: minimum one year unemployed, as a percentage of all unemployed persons.
Out-of-payment: registered unemployed (SECO definition), whose right to unemployment benefits has expired.
Sample size: SLFS: minimum 16,000 per year.
Source: SECO and SFSO, SLFS.
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Long-term unemployment in Switzerland 1991-2010
Long-term unemployment in Switzerland by sex 1991-2010
Long-term unemployment in Switzerland by age 1993-2010
Long-term unemployment by country 1980-2010