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10-Oct-2008
Rising skill shortages and an ageing population imply the need for further policy action to improve incentives to work. Immigration remains an important contributor to labour supply.
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20-Aug-2008
The labour market has become very tight Increasing real wage growth, some increase in participation and a continuing increase in immigration flows have been the results.
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03-Jun-2008
Immigration numbers are low but more could be done to target migrants for some areas of skill shortages. More resources should be provided for educating and training migrant workers to smooth their transition into the Finnish workforce.
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03-Jun-2008
Greater labour market flexibility would allow the economy to respond better to the pressures stemming from globalisation. More needs to be done to promote participation and raise employment, especially in light of the rapid aging of the population.
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24-Apr-2008
Globalisation is having a big influence on the Czech economy, primarily because a favourable location and low labour costs have made the country attractive for international manufacturing plants. This raises several specific policy issues, most notably regarding industry support.&nbs
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16-Apr-2008
Inward migration has been remarkable in recent years, bringing many young and skilled workers to Ireland. The experience has generally been positive so far but many migrants are employed in basic jobs. Policy should continue to focus on better integration.
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31-Jan-2008
Poor economic integration and weak labour market performance of immigrants have induced policy changes aimed at making immigration policy more selective. Nevertheless, their labour market performance remains poor, pointing the need for immigration policy better reflect labour market requirements
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06-Nov-2007
This chapter analyses the economic impact of immigration in Switzerland and examines the recent actions taken and proposes new steps to improve immigrants’ labour market prospects, in particular in the education and social domains.
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20-Sep-2007
Mobility of workers between EU countries is low. Language and cultural barriers are an obvious reason, but they are unlikely to be the whole story. There are still several policy barriers to labour m ...
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14-Feb-2007
This chapter assesses the government’s labour market initiatives, focuses on the integration of immigrants on the Swedish labour market and reviews progress on reducing sickness absence.
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