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

Table 8 Decomposition of changes in unit labor cost from 1995 to 2006 (%), electricity, gas, and water supply sector

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

 

ULC

 

(Conventional decomposition)

Wage

User cost

TFP

Wage

ALP

Australia

2.85

0.71

0.87

1.27

2.52

0.33

Austria

−2.80

1.03

2.12

−5.96

2.38

−5.18

Belgium

3.74

1.59

1.26

0.88

2.91

0.83

Czech Republic

6.79

2.26

3.03

1.50

8.52

−1.73

Denmark

0.92

0.77

0.94

−0.80

3.90

−2.99

Finland

−1.25

0.99

2.03

−4.27

3.52

−4.77

France

−0.50

1.56

1.57

−3.64

3.76

−4.26

Germany

−1.55

1.34

1.86

−4.76

3.28

−4.83

Hungary

11.11

5.12

7.43

−1.44

10.33

0.78

Ireland

2.93

2.65

1.04

−0.76

5.21

−2.28

Italy

−1.71

0.25

2.76

−4.71

1.05

−2.76

Japan

−3.46

0.21

−3.17

−0.50

1.10

−4.56

Netherlands

−1.05

0.73

4.79

−6.57

2.77

−3.82

Slovenia

6.00

3.85

7.63

−5.48

9.05

−3.05

Spain

−2.33

0.41

0.52

−3.26

1.62

−3.95

Sweden

5.56

0.88

0.93

3.75

3.92

1.64

United Kingdom

−1.71

0.61

1.25

−3.57

1.95

−3.66

United States (NAICS based)

2.08

1.19

1.61

−0.73

4.78

−2.71