Czech labour market flows 1993-2003

This paper focuses on structural changes in employment in absolute and relative terms, using Czech labour force survey data. Gross flows, job-to-job flows, and industry flows are investigated to delineate the major movements on the Czech labour market. The overall analysis of mobility flows throughout 1993-2003 shows an increasing structural stagnation and diminishing labour market flexibility. The decisive mobility channel has been a direct job change without an episode of unemployment, but even this kind of mobility flow tends to diminish over time. Employment flows in and flows out between industries have decreased markedly over the last ten years.