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www.oecd.org/korea is a one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on Korea. Browse the documents in chronological order or by topic (e.g. economy, trade, development, environment, energy, social issues).

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OECD Statistical Profile of Korea

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08-Apr-2008

More than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas. Click on the red i beside each indicator to obtain the unit of measure, a definition of the indicator and a list of references. To compare with other OECD countries, tables and charts are provided at the end of each row.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008 - Korea Country Note

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04-Mar-2008

This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2008, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2007 priorities for Korea. 

Outsourcing in East Asia and its impact on the Japanese and Korean Labour Markets

28-Jan-2008

This study describes the changing patterns of intermediate goods trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in East Asia and investigates the impacts of international outsourcing on the Japanese and the Korean labour markets. OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 65.

Korea "could do more" to enhance job prospects for its young generation, says the OECD

20-Dec-2007

Labour market outcomes for young people in Korea deteriorated in the aftermath of the financial crisis of the late 1990s. Though the government has introduced a wide range of measures since the early 2000s, much remains to be done to restore the dynamism of the youth labour market, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Economic Outlook No. 82 - Korea

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06-Dec-2007

Summary of economic developments and projections for Korea taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.

Babies and Bosses - Highlights - Korea

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29-Nov-2007

Across the OECD countries with high female employment rates also have the highest fertility rates. By contract, despite significant increases in educational attainment levels, only just over half of Korean women with a university level of education are in the workforce...

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