Productivity in the European Union: Do Labour Market Institutions Really Matter?

Authors

ČEKMEOVÁ Petra

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on European Integration 2016
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://www.ekf.vsb.cz/export/sites/ekf/icei/.content/galerie-dokumentu/ICEI-2016_Sbornik_Komplet_Web_FINAL.pdf
Field Economy
Keywords The European Union; Total Factor Productivity; Labour Market Institutions
Description In recent years, many policy papers have suggested that the institutional setup of the labour markets have considerable influence on the economic performance. But, what about the European Union? Is the declining trend of the European productivity connected with the European labour market institutions? This paper investigates the impact of selected labour market institutions and their interactions on the total factor productivity growth in 19 EU member states. As basis for the empirical analysis, an endogenous growth model extended by institutions is derived. As analytical tool, panel data model is applied. The analysis covers the period from 1995 to 2013. Data for total factor productivity growths were calculated using growth accounting method. The results suggest that labour market institutions really matter, in the sense that they are statistically significant in explaining the European total factor productivity growth in the analysed period.
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