OECD employment outlook : towards more and better jobs : 2003 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, publisher.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--OECD countries--Statistics--Periodicals.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Cedex, France : OECD, 2003.

Language Note:

French

Summary:

This edition of the OECD Employment Outlook provides the analytical background for the September 2003 meeting of OECD Employment and Labour Ministers.MORE AND BETTER JOBS? - AGGREGATE PERFORMANCE DURING THE PAST DECADE Are employment gains registered during the past decade sustainable? How do employment losses recorded in the current economic slowdown compare with previous recessions? Is there evidence that progress in increasing employment has been accompanied by improvements in "job quality", notably as regards earnings inequality, job insecurity and working conditions?

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction Towards More and Better Jobs; Chapter 1. More and Better Jobs? Aggregate Performance During the Past Decade; Chapter 2. The Labour Mobilisation Challenge: Combating Inactivity Traps and Barriers to Moving Up Job Ladders; Chapter 3. Making Work Pay Making Work Possible; Chapter 4. Benefits and Employment, Friend or Foe? Interactions Between Passive and Active Social Programmes; Chapter 5. Upgrading Workers' Skills and Competencies; Statistical Annex; Index of previous issues of the OECD Employment Outlook, 1983-2002

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-17198-7

9786610171989

92-64-10062-8

OCLC:

171584094