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Korea should strengthen its social safety net and improve support for laid-off workers to help them find a new job more quickly, according to a new OECD report.
These country notes profile public sector human resource practices and policies, covering issues including legal frameworks; age and gender composition of workers; public sector restructuring; management practices; industrial relations and reforms.
Skills and educational development for inclusive and sustainable growth are becoming significant drivers in OECD countries.
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11-July-2012
English, PDF, 112kb
The Korean labour market continues to perform well after a quick recovery from the global economic crisis. Korea’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in May 2012, 0.2% point lower than a year earlier, and nearly down to its pre-crisis level of 3.1%.
Korea faces the challenge of reversing rising inequality while sustaining robust economic growth.
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Country Notes from OECD Economic Policy Reforms: Going for growth 2011 presenting OECD recommendations for structural reform priorities for individual countries.
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20-September-2011
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G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial, Paris 26-27 September 2011
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15-September-2011
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대한민국 노동시장은 2008-2009년 간의 전세계적 경제위기 충격으로부터 매우 빠르게 회복하였다. 2011년 오이시디 고용전망보고서는 대한민국 경제의 급속한 회복은 여타 오이시디 회원국 대비 상대적으로 탄력적이었던 노동시장성과가 이를 반영하고 있다고 설명한다.
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