percent; see Figure 3.2. Notice also the declining share of temporary workers over the past
couple of years with strongly improving labour market conditions and falling unemployment, a
development similar to the late 1980s.
Figure 3.1. Permanent wage and salary employment and
temporary employment, 1987.1 - 2001.3, (100). Seasonally adjusted data.
Source: Labour force surveys, Statistics Sweden.
Figure 3.2. Temporary work as a share of wage and salary employment
and unemployment as share of the labour force, 1987.1-2001.3. Seasonally adjusted data.
Source: Labour force surveys, Statistics Sweden.
4 Monthly information on fixed-term employment is available in the Swedish labour force surveys from 1987 and
onwards. Some data for earlier years are presented in Statistics Sweden (1997); according to these data, temporary