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18-Dec-2008
OECD has launched a series of reports in 16 countries including Japan. Each report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work.
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17-Dec-2008
Reversing the rising share of non-regular workers would improve efficiency and equity, while increasing labour market participation, especially for women and youth, in part by improving education.
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12-Dec-2008
This third report in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work looks specifically at the cases of Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands, and highlights the roles of institutions and policies.
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03-Dec-2008
The unemployment rate for youth is four times higher than for prime-age adults. This chapter takes an economy-wide perspective and advocates measures in both education and labour market policies.
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03-Dec-2008
In recent years, Sweden has implemented ambitious tax cuts to boost growth. This chapter argues that further reforms to the top marginal tax bracket could boost growth in a number of ways.
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21-Nov-2008
The Netherlands should address new inequalities arising from the recent sickness and disability policy reforms and better monitor the reintegration and insurance markets, according to a new OECD report.
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21-Nov-2008
Ireland should turn the Training and Employment Authority FÁS into a one-stop-shop for employment programmes for people with disability and streamline its fragmented benefit system, according to a new OECD report.
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21-Nov-2008
Finland should streamline its fragmented vocational rehabilitation system and stop the use of disability benefits as an early retirement tool.
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21-Nov-2008
Denmark should monitor and support municipalities’ policy implementation more effectively and give a priority focus to the increasing share of younger people with mental illness, according to a new OECD report.
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20-Nov-2008
This note provides an update on recent developments for Sweden on the labour market integration of immigrants and their children.
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