Table 1 Trends in unemployment advantage 1991-2002*

Sweden

1

3.7

2.8

2.1

1.9

1.6

1.2

2.04 + 0.94

−0.120

0.798

France

2.2

1.8

2.2

2.3

2

1.5

1

1.85 + 0.46

−0.557

0.194

Canada

1.6

1.4

1.9

1.5

1.2

1

1.1

1.38 + 0.31

−0.570

0.184

Belgium

2.7

3

2.5

1.8

1.9

1.7

.

2.17 + 0.55

−0.055

0.907

Finland

3

5.9

3.6

3.7

3.2

3.1

3.2

3.67 + 1.01

−0.278

0.545

United States

2.6

1.6

1.7

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.9

1.65 + 0.48

−0.690

0.087

Italy

1.1

−0.4

0.3

0.1

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.37 + 0.46

−0.189

0.685

Luxembourg

.

.

.

0

0.3

−0.3

−0.6

−0.15 + 0.38

−0.800

0.200

Denmark

3.4

4.2

0.9

0.7

0.9

−0.2

−0.4

1.35 + 1.76

−0.892

0.007

Hungary

.

.

3.3

3.3

3

2.4

2.1

2.82 + 0.54

−0.957

0.010

UnitedKingdom

2.5

2.8

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.4

1.2

1.90 + 0.57

−0.860

0.011

Australia

1.9

1.5

1.8

1.3

0.6

1.2

0.7

1.28 + 0.50

−0.772

0.042

Portugal

2.3

2.3

1.7

1

0.5

0.3

0.1

1.17 + 0.93

−0.920

0.003

Norway

1.9

1.2

0.6

0.9

0.5

0.8

0.5

0.91 + 0.50

−0.920

0.003

Turkey

2.4

2.2

0.6

1.5

0.6

1.2

−0.2

1.18 + 0.93

−0.836

0.019

Ireland

1.5

1.8

0.7

1.3

0.5

0.7

0.6

1.01 + 0.51

−0.775

0.041

Mexico

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.

2.

0.40 + 0.22

−0.919

0.010

Spain

2

2

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.02 + 0.66

−0.883

0.008

Netherlands

2.3

0.2

.

0.4

0.1

0.3

−0.1

0.53 + 0.88

−0.843

0.035

New Zealand

1.7

0.1

0.2

0.4

−0.1

0

−0.1

0.31 + 0.63

−0.848

0.016

Greece

−0.8

2.3

1.4

1.7

1.4

1.4

.

1.23 + 1.05

0.627

0.182

Austria

1

0.5

1.1

0.9

0.9

1

1.1

0.92 + 0.20

0.338

0.458

Korea

−0.8

−0.5

0.9

0.8

0.1

−0.2

−0.4

−0.01 + 0.65

0.394

0.382

Switzerland

0

0.5

−0.3

0.3

0.5

0.5

−0.1

0.20 + 0.33

0.118

0.801

Iceland

.

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.8

0.9

.

0.60 + 0.25

0.809

0.097

Poland

6.3

4.9

5.6

6.9

7.8

8.2

.

6.61 + 1.27

0.624

0.185

Slovak Republic

.

5.6

4.2

6.1

7.7

8.3

8.5

6.73 + 1.70

0.776

0.070

Japan

.

0.4

0.7

0.7

1.1

0.9

.

0.76 + 0.26

0.883

0.047

Germany

0.8

1.8

3

2.4

2.5

2.6

3

2.30 + 0.77

0.908

0.005

Czech Republic

.

1.2

2

2.9

3.3

3.2

2.9

2.58 + 0.81

0.887

0.018

Mean + SD

1.69 + 0.23

1.81 + 0.36

1.37 + 0.23

1.30 + 0.19

1.05 + 0.19

1.00 + 0.19

0.81 + 0.23

95 % CI

[1.19 - 2.18]

[1.05 - 2.57]

[0.87 - 1.87]

[0.88 - 1.72]

[0.64 - 1.47]

[0.59 - 1.40]

[0.32 - 1.30]