Volume 13 - Article 7 | Pages 163–188
Decomposing the change in labour force indicators over time
| Date received: | 15 Oct 2004 |
| Date published: | 21 Oct 2005 |
| Word count: | 5000 |
| Keywords: | decomposition, labor force, labor force indicators, population aging |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2005.13.7 |
Abstract
In this paper we study changes in the size and the composition of the labour force in five OECD countries from 1983 through 2000. We apply a recent decomposition method to quantify the components of the change over time in the crude labour force rate and the mean age of the labour force. Our results show that the change in the crude labour force rate was dominated by the change in age-specific labour force participation rates. For the mean age of the labour force we find that for males the change in the age composition of the population predominately explains the overall change while the results for females are less clear-cut.
Author's Affiliation
Alexia Prskawetz - Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna), Austria
Barbara Zagaglia - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Thomas Fent - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria
Vegard Skirbekk - Columbia University, United States of America
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