Altogether, the combined effects of rising female and youth participation, the increasing skill level of the working age population and greater availability of new types of contracts facilitated the development of an employment-intensive growth pattern, which was also supported by more employmentfriendly wage setting by the social partners and cuts in non-wage labour costs.
La résistance actuelle est principalement due à la mutation du marché européen de l'emploi intervenue durant la seconde moitié des années 90, qui a modifié les mécanismes liant emploi et participation au cycle économique.