Table 5 Benefit duration 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					1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.00	1.00
Austria								0.71	0.7	0.72
Belgium						0.8	0.78	0.76	0.79	0.86
Canada					0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Denmark						0.62	0.61	1	0.90	0.80
Finland		0	0	0.66	0.65	0.51	0.5	0.56	0.56	0.58
France			0.23	0.21	0.28	0.36	0.48	0.51	0.55	0.50
Germany			0.57	0.62	0.62	0.6	0.6	0.59	0.6	0.60
Ireland				0.42		0.43	0.5	0.75	0.88	1.00
Italy			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	0.45
Japan			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Netherland							0.71	0.67	0.66	0.66
New Zealand							1.04	1.04	1	1.0
Norway				0.37	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.51	0.6	0.38
Portugal				0	0	0.05	0.33	0.38	0.52	0.46
Spain				0	0.1	0.25	0.25	0.44	0.42	0.41
Sweden		0	0	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.02
Switzerland								0.16	0.3	0.20
United Kingdom						0.72	0.68	0.73	0.88	0.84
US	0	0.16	0.17	0.23	0.17	0.15	0.21	0.16	0.21	0.20

Note: Index of the level of benefits available in the later years of spell relative to those available in the first year.
Source: Nickell (2006).

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