For the first time in decades, a higher proportion of employable residents work in Sweden than in Norway. Among men aged 25-54 are 5 percent more employed compared with Norway.
On Monday morning showed figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) that unemployment in Norway is up to 4.2 percent, which is the highest figure since 2005. At the same time international statistics from OECD for the period 2000-2015 the employment rate, ie the proportion of the population who are employed for the first time since the millennium is higher in Sweden than in Norway during this period.
– I believe we must go back to the 80s to find figures showing lower employment level in Norway than in Sweden, says chief economist Harald Magnus Andreassen Swedbank.
– Tougher arbeidslinje in Sweden
In the short term changes natural, as a result of the impact the weakened oil prices in Norway, according to Andreassen
– But you see it in the longer term, Swedes have done some things that make it more profitable to work. They have run workfare little tougher than us, so we should probably look at what the Swedes have done to make this happen, he said.
The greatest difference is there among men aged 25- 64, men in the age group that is most natural to have a job. OECD statistics show that from lying about equally in terms of employment level in 2000 is Norway entire four percent behind the Swedes at the beginning of 2015.
93.5 percent of Swedes in this group by end of 2014 at work, while the proportion of Norwegians was only 89.4 percent.
– Significant reforms in Sweden
– Sweden has carried out significant reforms of their pension and inntekstsikringsordninger. These have probably contributed to the positive trend in Sweden in recent years, says Labour and Social Affairs Robert Eriksson.
Eriksson has received strong criticism from several quarters to open up for increased use of temporary labor, but believes this could be contributing to a higher level of employment in Norway.
– Here we can find inspiration for our work including the efforts we have started with the parties about how we can change the pension reform in the public sector so that it becomes more profitable to work longer. We have also been changed age limits in the Working Environment Act from 70 to 72 years and we have opened up for more use of temporary positions. All this should contribute positively to our employment rate.
Believe restructuring is absolutely necessary
Robert Eriksson points out that the employment rate in both Norway and Sweden still are among the world leaders, but said restructuring is absolutely necessary Norwegian economy.
– In Norway, we are now facing significant restructuring due to lower demand from the oil sector. Then we need to produce other goods and services that we can export. Good growth in Sweden is as good for the Norwegian economy since Sweden is one of our most important export countries.
LO: Worrying
– This is the concern fully, said 2nd Deputy LO his Christian Gabrielsen .
– The new unemployment figures also show that estimates the government had for unemployment in 2015 is exceeded.
LO vice chairman is fuming disagree with the government when it comes to what measures should be taken.
– Both we and employers in NHO is agreed that raising the age limit, so the government has adopted, will help increase the employment rate. It will make it harder for young people to enter the labor market, he said.
LO concern also applies to the public sector.
– We have had a reduction in the number of advertised public positions of 20-30 percent. Unless municipal economy strengthened, will not only see an increasing unemployment in the private sector but also in the public sector. Thus, you risk a double effect of the downturn, says Gabrielsen.
Skei Grande: Norway can learn from Sweden
Liberal party leader Trine Skei Grande, believes Norway can learn from the Swedes.
– We have something to learn from the Swedes in terms of how they have invested in onshore and on the mainland industries’, says she told Aftenposten.
Tuesday launched party a platform with 15 measures to create 50,000 new green jobs.
– New, green energy production is very important and can create arbeidsplsser for several of those now losing their jobs in the oil industry, she said.
– It is also important To make missing the old industries green, she says, and mentions concrete production as an example.
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