Publications & Documents

Making the Luxembourg labour market work better

Rapid economic growth over the past two decades has substantially increased employment in Luxembourg, which has largely been met by in–flows of cross–border workers and, to a lesser extent, immigration.

Learning for Jobs: OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training - Austria

This review of vocational education and training (VET) in Austria is part of “Learning for Jobs”, the OECD policy study of VET, a programme of analytical work and individual country reviews designed to help countries make their VET systems more responsive to labour market needs.

Vocational Education and Training in Austria - Strengths, Challenges and Recommendations: Pointers for policy development

The Austrian VET system has a number of strengths: The dual system has many commendable features, with well-structured apprenticeships that integrate learning in schools and workplace training and youth unemployment rates are low.

13th OECD Japan Seminar "Pursuing Professional Development and Attaining Programme Management and Leadership Quality in ECEC"

The purpose of this OECD Japan seminar is to enable stakeholders in ECEC such as policy makers, academics, professional bodies, practitioners, parents, media, and journalists at local (sub-national), national, regional and international level to huddle together and canvass the issues.

Coping with the job crisis and preparing for ageing: The case of Finland

Maintaining high participation and employment in the face of the recent recession and a rapidly ageing population are major challenges for policy makers in Finland.

Beyond the crisis: Shifting gears

The deep scars of the crisis can be relieved through appropriate policy action, particularly in competition, jobs, taxes and financial services. This would bolster long-term growth too.

How to put the global economy on a sustainable growth path

William White, Chair, OECD Economic and Development Review Committee on tackling imbalances and avoiding another crisis.

Learning for Jobs, OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: Options for China

Many strengths are apparent in the Chinese system for vocational education and training in upper secondary schools. The strengths include: The establishment of 9 year schooling with almost all children in China now completing lower secondary education.

Measuring Innovation - A New Perspective

Modeling institutions, start-ups and productivity during transition

The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries.