Norges Bank

Staff Memo

Employment trends in Norway

Series:
Staff Memo
Number:
1/2024

This paper outlines the recently developed method for assessing the trend level
in employment rates adopted by Norges Bank. The approach employs a Bayesian
VAR to decompose disaggregated employment data into trend and cyclical components, using quarterly labor market data on 30 demographic sub-groups. Applied to the time period 1984-2019, we show that the estimated trend picks up known historical factors contributing to slow-moving employment dynamics. Additionally, the cyclical employment component shows strong correlation with the output gap estimate for Norway.

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ISSN 1504-2596 (online)

Published 19 January 2024 14:30
Published 19 January 2024 14:30