OECD Employment Outlook 2006

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The 2008 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook is now available

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     ISBN: 9264023844
     Publication: 13/06/2006
     Pages: 280

OECD countries have to improve labour market performance to increase living standards. This has become more urgent as population ageing may put considerable downward pressure on economic growth in the coming decades. What is needed is a comprehensive reform strategy to raise employment and help workers earn higher incomes. This requires action on many fronts including taxation, employment regulations, welfare benefits, wages, product-market competition and macroeconomic policy. Which reforms have been successful? Do they necessarily imply lower social protection or more insecurity?

This book provides answers to these essential questions, based on a major analysis covering 30 countries, and presents a reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy which will be discussed at the
High-Level Policy Conference: Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Toronto Canada.
Jointly to this publication, a free brochure (24 pages) presenting the Policy Lessons from Reassessing the OECD Jobs Strategy is also downloadable.

Table of Contents

Editorial: Boosting Jobs and Incomes
Chapter 1: Short-term labour market prospects and introduction to the OECD Jobs Strategy Reassessment
Chapter 2: Labour market performance since 1994 and future challenges
Chapter 3: General policies to improve employment opportunities for all
Chapter 4: Policies targeted at specific workforce groups or labour-market segments
Chapter 5: Social implications of policies aimed at raising employment
Chapter 6: Understanding policy interactions and complementarities, and their implication for reform strategies
Chapter 7: Reassessing the role of policies and institutions for labour market performance: A quantitative analysis

Annexes to: Chapter 1 |Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5

A German version of this book is also available.
A corrigendum for this publication is available at www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda

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