Decomposing the change in labour force indicators over time

Prskawetz, Alexia; Zagaglia, Barbara; Fent, Thomas; Skirbekk, Vegard

doi:10.4054/demres.2005.13.7

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“…Closely related with hesitating of employers about employing older people is the question, if an older worker is more or less productive than younger one. Some studies confirm the significance of the factor of laborforce age (e.g Prskawetz et al, 2005;Grönqvist, 2009;or Mahlberg et al, 2013b). There are several reasons to worry about lower productivity of older workers compared to younger workers.…”

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Influence of population ageing on macroeconomic productivity

Šimková¹,

Sixta²

2019

Proceedings of the 22nd International Scientific Conference on Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Economics (AMSE 20

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Labour force of all European countries is ageing and this natural demographic process has its own consequences on economic output and productivity. This issue has been widely discussed in Western countries for several years, but a deep economic and social discussion is still absent in the Czech Republic. The paper studies the impact of ageing on the level of income of workers stratified by age, level of education or industry. The most challenging issue is the decomposition of growth into a general increase in productivity, the effect specific to a particular industry, and the effect of demographic ageing. All these effects have affected the development of Czech labour force in the last decade. The data for the analysis are sourced from the Labour Force Survey and Average Earnings Information System maintained by the Czech Statistical Office and are combined with national accounts figures. Specifics of the Labour Force Survey are taken into account, and data are transformed to be consistent with the methodology of contemporary macroeconomic indicators.

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confidence: 93%

Influence of population ageing on macroeconomic productivity

Šimková¹,

Sixta²

2019

Proceedings of the 22nd International Scientific Conference on Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Economics (AMSE 20

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“…Changes in both the total labor force and the aggregate participation rate are estimated by the sum of changes in the population or in the labor force participation rates of specific groups selected on the basis of age, gender, birthplace (native-versus foreign-born), and migrant origin (EU-born versus non-EU-born). The method and formulas presented below are based on those suggested by Bagavos (2019) for assessing migration's contribution to shifts in the total number of births in receiving counties, by Hotchkiss (2009) and Cully (2011) for decomposing changes in the aggregate labor force participation, and by Fuchs (2015) and Prskawetz et al (2005) for decomposing changes in the labor force.…”

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How Much Does Migration Affect Labor Supply in Europe? Methodological Insights and Contemporary Evidence from the European Union and Selected European Countries

Bagavos

2022

International Migration Review

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In Europe, the slowdown in working-age population growth and population aging pose challenges, particularly vis-à-vis the current and future volume of labor supply. Throughout the 2010s, these demographic transformations took place against a backdrop of increasing migration flows and stocks. This IMR Research Note aims to enrich the discussion of the aforementioned issues and to provide methodological and empirical evidence on the role of migration stocks in shaping changes over time in two main aspects of the European labor supply: the size of the labor force and aggregate labor force participation rates from 2006 to 2018. Based on annual LFS data, we use a mixed standardization and decomposition method to determine to what extent trends in the European labor supply are driven over time by changes in population or in labor force participation rates within specific groups selected on the basis of age, gender, birth country (native- versus foreign-born), and origin country (European Union versus non-European Union). Our Research Note points out that, despite the upward trend in the labor force participation rates of native-born women and of native-born persons aged 55 years and over, the increase in labor supply in the European Union and in the 10 European countries under study in this article between 2006 and 2018 was driven by foreign-born persons. These developments suggest that, in a context of political desire for less migration, international migration has become a structural feature of European labor markets.

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Hysteresis in unemployment

O'Shaughnessy¹

2011

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

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Decomposing the change in labour force indicators over time

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Influence of population ageing on macroeconomic productivity

Influence of population ageing on macroeconomic productivity

How Much Does Migration Affect Labor Supply in Europe? Methodological Insights and Contemporary Evidence from the European Union and Selected European Countries

Hysteresis in unemployment

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