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Table 2 Transition rates

From: Changes in labour market transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession: what role for policy?

 

2006

2011

Overall:

  

Employment to unemployment

1.8%

4.9%

Unemployment to employment

37.3%

27.8%

By age group:

  

Employment to unemployment:

  

15-19

3.3%

6.3%

20-24

3.4%

9.7%

25-34

2.0%

6.1%

35-44

1.4%

4.3%

45-54

1.2%

3.6%

55 plus

0.8%

2.6%

Unemployment to employment:

  

15-19

19.5%

8.5%

20-24

43.4%

23.1%

25-34

43.3%

30.8%

35-44

38.7%

31.4%

45-54

38.8%

31.4%

55 plus

33.5%

26.9%

By education level:

  

Employment to unemployment:

  

Below leaving certificate

2.1%

6.0%

Leaving cert

1.9%

5.7%

PLC

1.6%

6.8%

Third level non-degree

1.5%

3.6%

Third level degree

1.2%

2.9%

Unemployment to employment:

  

Below leaving certificate

24.3%

15.7%

Leaving cert

43.0%

27.5%

PLC

46.9%

27.2%

Third level non-degree

49.1%

40.7%

Third level degree

59.8%

50.0%

  1. Note: Derived from the QNHS micro-data. The base for the employed to unemployed transition rates is employed in the previous quarter, and the base for the unemployed to employed transition rates is unemployed in the previous quarter.