Employment situation, second quarter 2012, OECD

The OECD area employment rate was 65.0% in the second quarter of 2012. This figure is 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage point higher than one year ago.

Workshop: Government approaches to supporting local economic and employment development (Riga, Latvia)

Today many local communities are confronted with the challenge of reducing high and persistent unemployment and defining new sources of economic growth, all in the context of shrinking public resources. The event gathered representatives of ministries responsible for regional development and employment from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and selected OECD countries to exchange on approaches that work in addressing these challenges.

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Study visit: Partnership strategies for demographic change and ageing (Province of Carinthia, Austria)

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Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2012

The OECD unemployment rate was at 7.9% in August 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.

Workshop: Local revitalization policies for shrinking and ageing society: North-Central Kyoto (Kyoto City, Japan)

This workshop was organised by Research Centre for the Local Public Human Resouces and Policy Development (LORC), Ryukoku University within the framework of the OECD LEED project on local scenarios of demographic change.

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Workshop: Skills Development for SMEs and Entrepreneuship (Copenhagen, Denmark)

The upgrading of workforce skills is key to the competitiveness of SMEs. In today’s business environment there is a premium on innovation that enables firms to develop new products and services, new production processes and new business models.

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Canada: Tertiary education: developing skills for innovation and l-t growth

The tertiary education system in Canada performs well in fostering a skilled workforce with generally good labour market outcomes and is internationally recognised for its research contributions.

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This survey will provide an update to the previous 2010 survey data as well as improve the methodology. The data collected through this survey will enable comparative analysis and work on compensation policies and practices in OECD member and non-member countries.

System of unit labour cost, OECD - Updated: September 2012

Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area rose by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012, driven by continued increases in labour compensation per unit of labour input.

Structural reforms to boost Turkey’s long-term growth

Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and product markets are required for such gains to materialise.

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