Abstract:

This dataset contains information about the evolution of labour market institutions in twenty OECD countries from 1960 to 2004. The countries in the sample are:<br> Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States<br><br> Where possible the data refers to West Germany throughout. Note that the temporal coverage of these data differs from series to series and country to country.<br><br> The accompanying data can be downloaded at the link above