Regional labour market developments during the great financial crisis and subsequent recovery

Vasco Botelho, Claudia Foroni and Lara Vivian

Economic Bulletin Boxes, 2020, vol. 4

Abstract: This box examines regional developments in labour input within the euro area since the peak in economic activity before the global financial crisis (GFC). It reveals that the increase in total hours worked during the recovery that followed the GFC was greater than the decline during the recession only for regions at the top of the GDP per capita distribution. Overall, the evolution of total hours worked in the euro area between 2007 and 2018 was quite heterogeneous across regions, with hours worked being more insulated from the fall in GDP in richer regions during the recession period and poorer regions not converging with their richer counterparts during the recovery that followed. The smaller decline in total hours worked in the richer regions during the downturn and the similar growth rates observed during the recovery are the main sources of the regional heterogeneity in the time pattern of total hours worked, and can be attributed to changes in the employment rate, to the decline in average hours worked during the recession period, and to the stability of regional differences in population growth during both periods, with the latter factor being consistent with labour migrating from poorer to richer regions. JEL Classification: E24

Keywords: Economic Activity; Labour Market; Regional Developments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06
Note: 3243564
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