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25-November-2011
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The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD.
19-October-2011
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Mexico has a relatively large informal sector by OECD standards.
13-September-2011
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Traditional Japanese labour market practices, which benefited both workers and firms during the high-growth era, are no longer appropriate in the context of slow economic growth and rapid population ageing.
13-September-2011
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While Japan has achieved outstanding scores on the PISA exams, further improving educational outcomes is important to sustain growth in the face of rapid population ageing.
28-July-2011
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In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis better than many other countries.
28-July-2011
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Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. Nevertheless, high drop-out rates and low attendance continues to be a challenge at lower levels and enrolment at higher levels remains modest by international standards.
24-June-2011
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Estonia has already experienced many benefits of increasing international integration, most obviously in significant convergence.
23-June-2011
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This paper uses an impulse-response function approach to assess the magnitude and persistence of the labour force participation effects of downturns for a sample of 30 countries over the period 1960-2008.
6-June-2011
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This paper critically reviews the current state of cross-country research on informality and discusses how existing data sources can be more effectively employed and extended to shed light on the link between public policies and informality.
25-May-2011
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Given the slack remaining in economic activity and labour utilisation, together with still-anchored inflation expectations, aggregate demand policies have a role to play in supporting the economic recovery and stimulate jobs.
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