Table 4 Employment protection legislation index (five-year intervals)

From: Who bears the cost of the business cycle? Labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate

Year	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005
Australia					0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.40	0.40
Austria								0.73	0.73	0.63
Belgium						1.07	1.07	1.07	0.73	0.73
Canada					0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27
Denmark						0.77	0.77	0.47	0.47	0.47
Finland		0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.72	0.70	0.67
France			0.57	0.84	0.93	0.93	1.00	1.0	1.00	1.00
Germany			0.83	1.07	1.07	1.07	1.07	1.03	0.83	0.80
Ireland				0.26		0.3	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.37
Italy			1.20	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.20	0.86	0.63
Japan			0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.60	0.60
Netherland							0.90	0.90	0.70	0.70
New Zealand							0.30	0.30	0.50	0.50
Norway				0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.90	0.87	0.87
Portugal				1.08	1.34	1.40	1.37	1.28	1.23	1.16
Spain				1.33	1.29	1.27	1.27	1.04	0.97	1.03
Sweden		0	0.23	0.86	1.17	1.17	1.17	0.83	0.73	0.73
Switzerland								0.33	0.37	0.37
United Kingdom						0.20	0.20	0.20	0.23	0.23
US	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07

Note: Index of strictness of employment protection legislation, which is increasing in the degree of employment protection legislation.
Source: Nickell (2006) and extended by using OECD labor market statistics database.

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