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Table 2 Transition probabilities (full period, 1998 – 2008)

From: Transitions in labour market status in EU labour markets

  

Labour market status year t

   

Central Eastern

Nordics

Continental

Mediterranean

Labour market status

Year t-1

1998-2008

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

93.980

3.134

3.486

91.210

2.717

6.229

93.082

3.496

3.601

94.969

2.688

2.450

U

28.325

61.117

14.506

38.242

45.929

18.384

32.215

55.515

18.434

28.215

67.464

5.161

NA

7.250

3.876

86.198

16.175

5.120

79.102

8.831

3.548

88.012

4.574

3.562

92.192

1998-2003

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

92.505

4.373

4.291

91.252

2.883

5.981

92.775

3.921

3.100

94.910

2.386

2.786

U

28.151

57.547

15.788

33.852

49.789

19.009

30.334

60.619

9.512

31.676

63.235

5.750

NA

8.851

4.949

87.711

16.892

5.032

78.893

9.058

3.608

88.898

5.623

3.270

91.282

2004-2008

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

U

NA

E

94.261

2.723

2.985

91.267

2.595

6.227

93.217

2.936

3.844

94.987

2.771

2.290

U

28.371

61.654

13.742

39.739

43.673

18.343

33.140

44.936

21.960

26.487

68.914

4.925

NA

6.545

3.455

86.181

16.028

4.991

79.104

9.430

3.651

86.877

3.805

3.657

92.601

  1. Note: E = employed; U = unemployed; NA = inactive so that EE = remains in employment between one year and the next; UU = remains in unemployment, NANA = remains in inactivity. Observations are weighted according to the labour force share (15–64) in each country over the aggregate. Elements showing a probability of remaining in the same labour market state (employment, unemployment and inactivity) are in bold.
  2. Sources: LFS microdata, authors’ computations.