OECD Factbook 2009: Labour

 

 

Between 1994 and 2007, female employment rates grew in all OECD countries except the United Kingdom.

 

 

Youth employment rates vary widely across OECD countries, from just 21% in Hungary to over 74% in Iceland.

 

Part-time employment is most common in the Netherlands where over a quarter of the labour force work part-time.

 

OECD Factbook 2009 – how do you like yours?

Not surprisingly for such an innovative publication, it exists in a number of different versions, to suit our readers’ requirements.

 

 

Print

Available for purchase.  313 pages of indicators, definitions, analysis and trends.  The definitive statistical reference publication.

 

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Loaded with OECD Factbook 2009 files and documents, as well as OECD in Figures, the USB key is completely portable, with space for users to save their own documents.

 

Web Book

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Free on line, using Trendalyzer, this dynamic visualisation software from the Gapminder Foundation enables the identification of long term trends and comparisons between countries.

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