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Table 9 Bargaining centralisation index

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

Australia

    

4

4

2.8

2

2

Austria

       

3

3

Belgium

     

3

3

3

3

Canada

    

1

1

1

1

1

Denmark

     

3

3

2.4

2

Finland

  

5

5

4.4

4.6

5

5

5

France

  

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Germany

  

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Ireland

   

4

 

1.9

3.4

4

4

Italy

  

2

2

2.9

2.6

2

2

2

Japan

  

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Netherland

      

3

3

3

New Zealand

      

1.8

1

1

Norway

   

4.5

3.9

4.1

4.5

4.5

4.5

Portugal

   

4.4

3.4

3

3.6

4

4

Spain

   

4.4

4

3.7

3.2

3

3

Sweden

  

5

5

4.7

3.6

3

3

3

Switzerland

       

2

2

United Kingdom

     

1

1

1

1

US

  

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

  1. Note: Index of the degree of bargaining centralization. The index is increasing in the degree of centralization.
  2. Values after year 2000 are extrapolated using the value in 2000 in the course of estimation.
  3. Source:Nickell (2006).
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