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23-Jul-2008

How do OECD labour markets perform?  Find summary tables with selected key indicators on OECD labour market outcomes and policies.
How does your country compare? Find summary tables for your country with key indicators and how they compare with the OECD average.
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Disadvantaged youth in Britain need better skills and effective job-search help

09-Jul-2008

Young people in Britain who leave school without qualifications find it particularly hard to get jobs and U.K. authorities need to take vigorous action to help them with education and training and with job-search support, according to a new OECD publication.

Education key to boosting job prospects for disadvantaged New Zealand youth, says OECD

20-Feb-2008

New Zealand should encourage young people to stay in school past the age of 16 in order to boost their chances of finding a job, according to a new OECD report.

Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 2): Australia, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom

15-Feb-2008

Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems, and yet too many people with a disabling condition are denied the opportunity to work. This is a social and economic tragedy common to virtually all OECD countries, and an apparent paradox that needs explaining. Why is it that average health status is improving, yet more and more people of working age end up out of the workforce relying on long-term sickness and disability benefits?

Cutting school drop-out rates key to improve job prospects for disadvantaged youth - OECD report

23-Jan-2008

The Netherlands has a dynamic youth labour market but helping the hard core of disadvantaged young people find jobs will require comprehensive action on a range of fronts, according to a new OECD report.

Korea "could do more" to enhance job prospects for its young generation, says the OECD

20-Dec-2007

Labour market outcomes for young people in Korea deteriorated in the aftermath of the financial crisis of the late 1990s. Though the government has introduced a wide range of measures since the early 2000s, much remains to be done to restore the dynamism of the youth labour market, according to a new OECD report.


Events

Seminar on labour market issues in Brazil, China and India

on 28-Mar-2007

Brazil, China and India represent a growing share of world GDP. They have also become more open to international trade and investment, thus creating new growth opportunities for OECD countries. It is therefore crucial that Brazil, China and India maintain a sustainable growth path, which depends to some extent on well-functioning labour markets. The purpose of the informal seminar was to gather expert views on labour market developments in Brazil, China and India.

Ask the economists: The pensions challenge - financing retirement

from 29-Mar-2007 to 05-Apr-2007

Is there a perfect pension scheme? Do people understand their pension systems?
A live online question and answer session on the issue of pension reform took place on Thursday 5 April.

Forum on the Restated OECD Jobs Strategy - Tokyo - 30-31 october 2006

from 30-Oct-2006 to 31-Oct-2006

As a follow-up to the High-level forum of Employment and Labour Ministers in Toronto in June 2006  , which welcomed the restated Jobs Strategy as a good basis for formulating policy, a Forum took place in Tokyo on 30-31 October 2006. Its purpose was to invite policy makers mainly from countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss:
i) the challenges of implementing the restated Jobs Strategy in OECD countries in the region; and
ii) the relevance of the restated Jobs Strategy for participating non-OECD countries

DARES-OECD Conference: The restated OECD Job Stategy: Diagnostic, limits and evidence for France

from 16-Nov-2006 to 17-Nov-2006

A conference, organised by the French Ministry of Labour in partnership with OECD, will examine the relevance of the Restated OECD Jobs Strategy for France. It took place in Paris on 16-17 November 2006. Speech made by the Secretary-General at this conference .

Transforming disability into ability: Dissemination conference in Vienna, 6-7 March 2003

from 06-Mar-2003 to 07-Mar-2003

The OECD and the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research organised on 6 and 7 March 2003 a conference to discuss disability policies for the working-age population. The conference addressed key problems in disability policy, and discussed OECD recommendations on how to tackle them as outlined in the forthcoming publication "Transforming Disability into Ability". The main policy recommendations from the publication formed the basis for the thematic sessions.

High-Level Policy Forum in Brussels 17-18 Oct. 2005: Ageing and Employment Policies

from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005

The purpose of this Forum was to present and discuss the main lessons and issues that have emerged from the thematic review on policies to improve labour market prospects for older workers. For more information on the Forum, please refer to  www.oecd.org/olderworkersforum



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