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The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 7 Decomposition of changes in unit labor cost from 1995 to 2006 (%), manufacturing sector

From: Measuring the comprehensive wage effect of changes in unit labor cost

 

ULC

 

(Conventional decomposition)

Wage

User cost

TFP

Wage

ALP

Australia

1.89

2.52

0.24

−0.87

4.02

−2.13

Austria

−1.51

1.68

2.13

−5.32

2.68

−4.19

Belgium

−1.19

1.03

0.63

−2.86

3.02

−4.22

Czech Republic

2.30

4.32

1.01

−3.03

7.42

−5.12

Denmark

1.74

2.41

−0.22

−0.45

3.36

−1.62

Finland

−2.30

1.78

0.92

−4.99

3.11

−5.40

France

−0.47

1.62

−0.28

−1.81

2.34

−2.81

Germany

−0.70

1.70

1.30

−3.70

2.22

−2.92

Hungary

5.25

6.04

4.95

−5.73

10.31

−5.06

Ireland

−2.41

1.23

0.29

−3.92

3.97

−6.37

Italy

2.39

1.81

−0.17

0.75

2.60

−0.21

Japan

−3.08

−0.21

−1.26

−1.60

−0.38

−2.70

Netherlands

0.26

1.79

0.90

−2.42

2.76

−2.50

Slovenia

2.30

5.61

2.33

−5.65

7.84

−5.55

Spain

2.40

1.41

0.11

0.88

2.17

0.23

Sweden

−2.40

2.20

−0.62

−3.97

3.41

−5.81

United Kingdom

1.26

2.82

−0.99

−0.57

3.68

−2.42

United States (NAICS based)

−1.05

2.22

0.89

−4.16

3.41

−4.46