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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2351-6542</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">06_OKUNEVICIUTE</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v47i3.2763</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Labour Market Development Monitoring: Regional Disparities in Lithuania</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Okunevičiūtė Neverauskienė</surname>
            <given-names>Laima</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:Laima.Okuneviciute@dsti.lt">Laima.Okuneviciute@dsti.lt</email>
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        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Lithuanian Centre of Social Sciences</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Pocius</surname>
            <given-names>Arūnas</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:arunas.pocius@dsti.lt">arunas.pocius@dsti.lt</email>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">Lithuanian Centre of Social Sciences</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>47</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>72</fpage>
      <lpage>83</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>04</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
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      <abstract>
        <p>This article presents a detailed analysis of factors influencing labour market disparities across Lithuania’s regions. A further objective is</p>
        <p>to examine regional differences in labour market indicators by identifying trends in employment and labour force participation among</p>
        <p>the urban and rural populations. The study also provides an in-depth assessment of registered unemployment disparities at both the</p>
        <p>county and municipal levels. While urban-rural differences in labour market indicators offer a broad perspective on the observed changes,</p>
        <p>territorial disparities, expressed through relative indicators, offer a more detailed understanding of differentiation in the analysed</p>
        <p>metrics. The findings will provide insights to inform labour market policy priorities in Lithuania, especially at the regional level.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>regions</kwd>
        <kwd>city</kwd>
        <kwd>rural area</kwd>
        <kwd>wages</kwd>
        <kwd>unemployment rate</kwd>
        <kwd>employment</kwd>
        <kwd>economic activity</kwd>
        <kwd>labour market</kwd>
        <kwd>youth</kwd>
        <kwd>integration</kwd>
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        <label>JEL CODES</label>
        <kwd>J11</kwd>
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        <kwd>J08</kwd>
        <kwd>I38</kwd>
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