Testing Okun’s law with Swiss industry data

Jochen Hartwig

Applied Economics, 2014, vol. 46, issue 29, 3581-3590

Abstract: Okun’s law postulates a stable relationship between quarterly output growth and changes in (un)employment. This proposition has so far been tested with macroeconomic data at the highest level of aggregation. The article goes beyond that in extending the analysis to industry data from Switzerland, applying a method suggested by the International Monetary Fund. Another focus is on whether expansions in production have become more ‘jobless’ over the most recent business cycle compared to earlier ones. This does not seem to be the case in Switzerland, except in the construction industry.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.934435

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