Measuring Labour Market Flexibility in the OECD Countries |
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Authors: | Jaakko Kiander Matti Virén |
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Affiliation: | (1) Government Institute for Economic Research, P.O. Box 269, 00531 Helsinki, Finland;(2) University of Turku, 20014 Turku;(3) Finland and Bank of Finland, P.O. Box 160, 00101 Helsinki, Finland |
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Abstract: | This paper investigates the adjustment of employment to population shocks in 22 OECD countries over the period 1960–1997. Most of the countries have experienced significant population shocks during that period – due to migration and other reasons. We estimate the speed of adjustment parameter which is used as a measure of the functioning of the labour market. If the OECD countries are compared using this measure, it turns out that the Anglo Saxon countries clearly outperform the other (European) countries in terms of labour market adjustment. In the case of the Nordic countries, the results presented are the most extreme. In practically all OECD countries, the functioning of the labour market seems to have deteriorated over time. These observations seem to be helpful in explaining the behaviour of unemployment rates in the OECD area. |
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Keywords: | Ageing employment migration population shocks |
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