Transitions in labour market status in EU labour markets

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 5 Mobility index

		Central Eastern	Nordics	Continental	Mediterranean
Total	1998-2003	0.311	0.400	0.289	0.253
	2004-2008	0.290	0.430	0.375	0.217
	Total	0.310	0.419	0.317	0.227
Males	1998-2003	0.307	0.383	0.286	0.278
	2004-2008	0.265	0.404	0.359	0.226
	Total	0.275	0.396	0.313	0.240
Females	1998-2003	0.318	0.417	0.296	0.240
	2004-2008	0.306	0.456	0.392	0.217
	Total	0.332	0.441	0.323	0.222
Low-education	1998-2003	0.283	0.356	0.253	0.234
	2004-2008	0.250	0.384	0.339	0.186
	Total	0.275	0.371	0.277	0.199
Medium-education	1998-2003	0.338	0.443	0.318	0.275
	2004-2008	0.310	0.464	0.399	0.245
	Total	0.331	0.457	0.347	0.253
High-education	1998-2003	0.425	0.465	0.400	0.419
	2004-2008	0.407	0.511	0.465	0.360
	Total	0.411	0.499	0.426	0.372
16-24 years olds	1998-2003	0.362	0.606	0.399	0.284
	2004-2008	0.336	0.620	0.431	0.270
	Total	0.341	0.617	0.413	0.273
25-29 years olds	1998-2003	0.401	0.558	0.450	0.306
	2004-2008	0.420	0.596	0.530	0.320
	Total	0.425	0.582	0.478	0.315
30-54 years olds	1998-2003	0.303	0.406	0.273	0.255
	2004-2008	0.302	0.449	0.349	0.207
	Total	0.337	0.434	0.299	0.218
55-64 years olds	1998-2003	0.341	0.243	0.229	0.253
	2004-2008	0.269	0.291	0.419	0.168
	Total	0.303	0.271	0.259	0.186

Notes: Measures are based on the Shorrocks’ mobility index (mobility is higher the closer the index is to 1). Observations are weighted according to the labour force share (15–64) in each country over the aggregate.
Highest mobility indexes for each sub-category across the periods 1998–2003 and 2004–2008 are in bold.
Sources: LFS microdata, authors’ computations.