OECD employment outlook. 2009, Tackling the jobs crisis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply.

Employment forecasting.

Unemployment.

Part-time employment.

Youth--Employment.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2009 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook provides an annual assessment of labour market developments and prospects in member countries. This issue focuses on the jobs crisis in particular and looks at steps taken by governments to help workers and the unemployed. It recommends ways of preventing current high levels of unemployment becoming entrenched. The first chapter looks at the jobs crisis itself, analysing the implications for employment and social policy. The second chapter looks at how industry, firm, and worker characteristics shape job and worker flows. The third chapter exami

Contents:

Table of Contents; Editorial: Preventing the Jobs Crisis from Casting a Long Shadow; Chapter 1. The Jobs Crisis: What Are the Implications for Employment and Social Policy?; Chapter 2. How Do Industry, Firm and Worker Characteristics Shape Job and Worker Flows?; Chapter 3. Is Work the Best Antidote to Poverty?; Chapter 4. Pathways onto (and off) Disability Benefits: Assessing the Role of Policy and Individual Circumstances; Statistical Annex; OECD Publications on Employment and Related Topics; Key Employment Statistics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-39609-9

9786612396090

92-64-06794-9

OCLC:

465625733