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The labour supply of baby boomers and low-flation
[L’offre de travail des baby-boomers explique-t-elle la faiblesse de l’inflation?]

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  • Benoît Mojon
  • Xavier Ragot

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The weakness of wage inflation may result in part from the increasing participation of older workers in the labour market. Over the last two decades, the participation rate of workers aged 55 to 64 has increased from 33% to 55% on average across OECD countries. We observe that, since 2013, the countries where this increase in labour supply has been the largest have also experienced slower wage inflation. La faiblesse de l’inflation salariale pourrait être un écho de la forte augmentation de l’offre de travail des plus de 55 ans. De fait, le taux de participation de ces travailleurs a considérablement augmenté depuis le milieu des années 1990. Il est passé de 33 à 55 % en moyenne dans l’OCDE. On observe que depuis 2013, les pays où cette augmentation de l’offre de travail des travailleurs en fin de carrière a le plus augmenté sont aussi ceux où l’inflation salariale a été la plus modérée.

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  • Benoît Mojon & Xavier Ragot, 2018. "The labour supply of baby boomers and low-flation [L’offre de travail des baby-boomers explique-t-elle la faiblesse de l’inflation?]," Eco Notepad 55, Banque de France.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:55
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