Terms A-Z

This glossary contains definitions of the terms from the topic areas Education, Science, Research and Innovation, and is regularly updated. The glossary terms are alphabetically ordered.

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Labour force

The labour force comprises all civilians in dependent employment, self-employed people and family workers. This includes ... employees subject to social insurance contributions, apprentices, people in marginal employment, civil servants (not including soldiers), unemployed people, self-employed people
and family workers.

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Länder codes (German states)

BW = Baden-Württemberg
BY = Bavaria
BE = Berlin
BB = Brandenburg
HB = Bremen
HH = Hamburg
HE = Hesse
MV = Mecklenburg-Western ... Pomerania
NI = Lower Saxony
NW = North Rhine-Westphalia
RP = Rhineland-Palatinate
SL = Saarland
SN = Saxony
ST = Saxony-Anhalt
SH = Schleswig-Holstein
TH = Thuringia

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