Graph 4  The fifth graph is of the share of the working-age population that has a job (Graph 5). Again over the period from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s, employment consistently grew much more quickly than the working-age population.
While this partly reflects a rise in labour market participation by females, this type of experience, sustained over a long period, is unusual. And, as in some of the other graphs, we see a levelling out in this ratio over recent years.