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Ljubljana, 17/09/2012
Effects of labour market reforms in OECD countries – implications for Slovenia
International Conference organized by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs –
Labour Market Reform: New Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
17 September 2012, LjubljanaRafal Kierzenkowski
OECD, Economics Department, Head of Slovenia desk
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Large income gap driven by productivity shortfall
Source: Going for Growth (2012).
Gap relative to the upper half of OECD countries, 2010
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Breakdown of labour resource utilisation
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
Gap relative to the upper half of OECD countries, 2010
Source: OECD (2011), OECD National Accounts Statistics and OECD Economic Outlook: Statistics and Projections (databases); and OECD Productivity Database, December.
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Increase in the unemployment rate...
Source: Going for Growth (2012).Labour market reforms in OECD countries
Per cent
Source: OECD (2012), “Employment - by economic activity: Short-Term Labour Market Statistics”, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database), September.
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...and outflows of labour supply since the crisis
Source: Going for Growth (2012).Labour market reforms in OECD countries
Change in labour force participation rates, percentage points, 2008Q1-2012Q1
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Reform packages can induce short-term benefits
Source: Cacciatore, M., R. Duval and G. Fiori (2012), “Short-term Pain or Gain? A DSGE Model-based Analysis of the Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms in Labour and Product Markets”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, forthcoming.
A package combining a decline in entry barriers, a reduction in unemployment benefit replacement rate and a relaxation of job protection in a “rigid” economy
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reductions in unemployment replacement rates
Note: ** represents statistical significance at the 5% level. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in theestimation sample. The impact of the reform is estimated controlling for initial unemployment benefit replacement rate.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in aggregate employment following a reduction in the initial unemployment benefit replacement rate
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reductions in unemployment benefit duration
Note: *** and ** represent statistical significance at the 1 and 5% levels, respectively. The simulation is based on the median-sizedreform observed in the estimation sample. The impact of the reform is estimated controlling for initial unemployment benefitreplacement rate.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in youth unemployment following a reduction in unemployment benefit duration
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Boost spending on active labour market policies
Note: Active labour market policies cover programs dealing with PES and administration, training, job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives, supported employment and rehabilitation, direct job creation and start-up incentives.Source: OECD, Labour Market Programmes and OECD Economic Outlook databases
Spending on active labour market policies, 2009, in thousand USD PPPs
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Active labour market policies
Note: *** and ** represent statistical significance at the 1 and 5% levels, respectively. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in the estimation sample.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in aggregate employment following a “typical” increase in public spending on ALMP employment incentives
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Tackle labour market dualism Employment protection legislation, index of 0-6 from least to most restrictive
Source: Going for Growth (2012).
A. Protection for regular employment
B. Protection for temporary employment
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reforms of job protection: regular contracts
Note: *** and ** represent statistical significance at the 1 and 5% levels, respectively. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in the estimation sample.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in female unemployment following a “typical” reduction in job protection on regular contracts
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reforms of job protection: temporary contracts
Note: *** and * represent statistical significance at the 1 and 10% levels, respectively. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in the estimation sample.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in aggregate employment following a “typical” reduction in job protection on temporary contracts
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reduce coverage rates of collective agreements
Source: Going for Growth (2012).
A. Coverage rates of collective bargaining agreements
B. Trade union density rates
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Administrative extensions of collective agreements
Note: ** and * represent statistical significance at the 5 and 10% levels, respectively. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in the estimation sample.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in female unemployment following a decline in excess bargaining coverage
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Refrain from further increasing the minimum wage
Note: Median earnings are for full-time employees and mean earnings for full-time workers.Source: OECD (2012), “Earnings: Minimum wages relative to median wages”, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database), June.
Minimum wages, per cent, 2010
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reform the pension system to boost labour supply
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Labour force participation rates of 55-64, 2011
Source: OECD (2012), OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database), June.
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Product market reforms
Note: ** represents statistical significance at the 5% level. The simulation is based on the median-sized reform observed in the estimation sample.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in aggregate labour force participation following a “typical” easing of product market regulation
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Ease regulation of professional services
Source: Going for Growth (2012).
Index scale of 0-6 from least to most restrictive
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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Reduce state control of business operation
Source: Going for Growth (2012).
Index scale of 0-6 from least to most restrictive Extent of public ownership
Labour market reforms in OECD countries
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The cycle is important
Note: The lower line corresponds to the impact of the reform during “bad” times, while the upper line represents the impact during “good” times, corresponding to the minimum and maximum levels of the unemployment gap, respectively, as observed across the sample (i.e. across all countries and time). The central broken line represents the impact of the reform when the unemployment gap equals its median value.Source: Bouis, R. et al. (2012), “The Short-term Effects of Structural Reforms: an Empirical Analysis”, OECD Economics Department Working Papers.
Change in aggregate employment following a “typical” reduction in initial unemployment benefit replacement rate
Labour market reforms in OECD countries