Implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy [electronic resource]: Assessing Performance and Policy / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider.

Series:

The OECD Jobs Strategy, 20743653.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment.

Full employment policies--OECD countries.

Full employment policies.

Manpower policy--OECD countries.

Manpower policy.

Unemployment--OECD countries.

Unemployment.

Job creation--OECD countries.

Job creation.

OECD countries--Economic policy.

OECD countries.

Local Subjects:

Employment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p. ) ill..

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

High and persistent unemployment remains a major economic and social problem for many OECD countries. Currently, some 35 million persons are unemployed across the area and many others are so discouraged that they are not even looking for a job. There is also increasing concern about precarious jobs and in-work poverty in some countries. The OECD Jobs Strategy was launched five years ago in response to these problems. And it works: the available empirical evidence shows that its continued and comprehensive implementation leads to durably lower unemployment and higher employment. What lies behind the disparities in levels and trends of unemployment rates across countries? Why have some countries outperformed others in terms of successfully cutting unemployment? Why do some groups in society - the young, older workers, the low-skilled - have difficulty finding and keeping rewarding jobs in many countries? Should the rise in temporary and part-time jobs be welcomed or resisted? This publication reviews these issues in light of countries’ experience in implementing The OECD Jobs Strategy. It puts the spotlight on groups at the margin of the labour market, and looks at the policies required to better integrate them.

Contents:

Implementing the OECD Jobs Strategy: Assessing Performance and Policy - Summary

Part 1: Labour Market Performance and Policy Reform

Chapter 1. Recent Labour Market Developments in OECD Countries

Chapter 2. The Jobs Strategy: Assessment and Results

Part 2: Raising the Employment Prospects and the Rewards to Work for People at the Margin of the Labour Market

Introduction

Chapter 3. Changing Patterns of Non-Employment

Chapter 4. the distributio of Atypical Forms of Employment

Chapter 5. Earnings Distribution and Poverty

Key Policy Conclusions for Specific Groups at the Margin of the Labour Market

Annexes

Annex A. Detailed Review of Progress Made in Implementing Country-Specific Recommendations

Annex B. Technical Background

Bibliography

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-08366-2

9786610083664

92-64-17368-4

OCLC:

1024283822