Recent OECD Economic Surveys of interest

Economic Country Surveys: Recent employment related issues

An Economic Survey is published every 1½-2 years for each OECD country and for some larger countries that are not members of the OECD, such as China, Russia and Brazil.
It identifies the main economic and employment challenges faced by the country and analyses policy options to meet them.

You can find all Surveys catalogued by country at: www.oecd.org/eco/surveys.

1. OECD Member countries

 Australia

2006 - Chapter 6: Improving incentives to work

 Austria

2007 - Chapter 3: Overcoming labour market segmentation

 Belgium

2007 - Chapter 3: Labour market reforms to boost employment

 Canada

2006 - Chapter 5: Social policies: from social welfare to social development

 Czech Republic

2008 - Chapter 3: Tackling labour and skill shortages

 Denmark

2008 - Chapter 3: Promoting employment and inclusiveness

 Finland

2008 - Chapter 5: A better functioning labour market
2008 - Chapter 7: Accessing and integrating foreign labour

 France

2007 - Chapter 2: Combating poverty and social exclusion 
2007 - Chapter 4: Coping with demographic ageing   

 Germany

2008 - Chapter 3: Maintaining the reform drive to make labour market improvements more lasting

 Greece

2005 - Chapter 4: Raising labour force participation and employment rates

 Hungary

2008 - Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth - Chapter 5: Employment and Social Policies: Making Formal Employment More Attractive

2007 - Chapter 4: Improving reconciliation between work and family

 Ireland

2008 - Chapter 5: Setting the pension system on the right track

2006 - Chapter 6: Removing obstacles to employment for women

 Italy

2005 - Chapter 5: Human capital and the labour market

 Japan

2008 - Chapter 6: Reforming the labour market to cope with increasing dualism and population ageing

 Korea

2007 - Chapter 5: Public social spending in the context of rapid population ageing

2005 - Chapter 5: The labour market: enhancing flexibility and raising participation

 Luxembourg

2006 - Chapter 3: Improving employment prospects of resident workers

 Mexico

2007 - Chapter 5: Creating more and better jobs and reducing poverty

 Netherlands

2008 - Chapter 3: Coping with labour shortages: How to bring outsiders back to the labour market?
2008 - Chapter 4: Increasing working hours: Helping reconcile work and family

  New Zealand

2007 - Chapter 1: Raising New Zealand's living standards

2007 - Chapter 2: Public pensions and retirement savings

 Norway

2007 - Chapter 4: Reforms to boost labour supply

 Poland

2008 - Chapter 1: Raising labour supply to sustain strong potential growth

 Portugal

2008 - Chapter 4: Improving the functioning of the labour market

2006 - Chapter 5: Creating a More Dynamic Business Environment and Improving the Functioning of the Labour Market

  Slovak Republic

2007 - Chapter 2: Improving employment prospects: building on past reforms

 Sweden

2007 - Chapter 3: Making employment inclusive - for immigrants and natives alike
2008 - Chapter 4: Education and youth employment

 Turkey

2007 - Chapter 4: Making the pension system less of an obstacle to formalisation

 United Kingdom

2007 - Chapter 3: Improving work prospects for the least skilled

  United States

2007 - Chapter 2: Potential employment

2005 - Chapter 5: Labour market issues

2. Accession candidate countries

 Chile                

2007 - Chapter 4: Tackling informality to improve the business environment and labour utilisation
2007 - Chapter 5: Encouraging labour force participation for women and youths

  Estonia

2009 - Chapter 4: Increasing flexibility and reducing segmentation of the labour market

3. Enhanced engagement countries

 Brazil

2006 - Chapter 4: Improving labour utilisation 

 South Africa

2008 - Chapter 3: Realising South Africa's employment potential        

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