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Table 4 RULCs and components: index 100 = 1979 and values in 2012

From: Real unit labour costs in Eurozone countries: drivers and clusters

  

1979

 

Values in 2012

    
    

\({\frac {\Delta RULC_{t}}{RULC_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({\frac {\Delta w_{t}}{w_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({{\small (1-\alpha }_{t}{\small)}\frac {\Delta K_{t}}{K_{t-1}}}\)

 

\({\frac {\Delta A_{t}}{A_{t-1}}}\)

    
      

( I )

 

( II )

 

( III )

 

\(\frac {(\textit {I})}{(\textit {III})}\)

 

\(\frac {(\textit {II})}{(\textit {III})}\)

Periphery

              

Greece

 

100.0

 

81.8

 

104.7

 

129.5

 

100.2

 

104%

 

129%

Ireland

 

100.0

 

74.7

 

197.2

 

138.6

 

189.6

 

104%

 

73%

Italy

 

100.0

 

85.1

 

122.7

 

125.5

 

116.5

 

105%

 

108%

Portugal

 

100.0

 

80.0

 

169.5

 

154.9

 

137.6

 

123%

 

113%

Spain

 

100.0

 

78.8

 

128.3

 

139.8

 

116.9

 

110%

 

120%

Average

 

100.0

 

80.1

 

144.5

 

137.7

 

132.2

 

109%

 

109%

Non-periphery

              

Austria

 

100.0

 

87.1

 

152.4

 

129.7

 

133.9

 

114%

 

97%

Belgium

 

100.0

 

95.2

 

148.3

 

118.0

 

129.4

 

115%

 

91%

Finland

 

100.0

 

92.1

 

182.3

 

120.4

 

159.8

 

114%

 

75%

France

 

100.0

 

89.0

 

137.9

 

126.7

 

122.9

 

112%

 

103%

Netherlands

 

100.0

 

87.7

 

136.3

 

115.6

 

132.8

 

103%

 

87%

Sweden

 

100.0

 

83.0

 

153.9

 

123.5

 

149.4

 

103%

 

83%

Average

 

100.0

 

89.4

 

151.7

 

120.8

 

138.9

 

109%

 

88%

  1. Source: Own decomposition based on official European Commission data (Ameco Database).