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News & Events
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20-Feb-2008
A new OECD publication, A Profile of Immigrant Populations in the 21st Century, gives more accurate information and a better understanding of patterns of immigration over recent decades, based largely on national censuses from 2000. Migration is a key issue for OECD and this study is part of a broader programme to examine the policy challenges of migration in the context of population ageing and globalisation.
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20-Feb-2008
OECD governments need to do more to help immigrants integrate and make better use of their skills, according to OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
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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?
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14-Feb-2008
For decades, social policy interventions were limited to assist and insure against a limited number of well-defined risks. However, the social order based on standard employment relations, the male breadwinner model and social security in defined but exceptional circumstances, has changed.
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05-Feb-2008
As part of a wider project on developing comparable data and indicators of good government and efficient public services, the OECD is currently developing a new methodology for gathering comparable data on public employment. The goals of this methodology are two-fold: to measure the production costs of goods and services of the "public domain" and to put public employment numbers and costs in the perspective of these wider costs.
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31-Jan-2008
The Dutch labour market is functioning well, with employment and labour participation rates above OECD averages. Nevertheless, there are sizable pockets of under-activity, which could be mobilised to addrss short-run labour shortages and ageing related reductions in the labour suply.
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31-Jan-2008
About two-thirds of Dutch female workers opt for part-time jobs, bringing down the country’s average working time to one of the lowest levels in the OECD. Thus, increasing working hours depends on reconciling work and family responsibilities.
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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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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.
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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.
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Events
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from 24-Nov-2004 to 26-Oct-2004
The Central European Initiative (CEI) opened its doors to the business and financial community, focusing on the needs of entrepreneurs investing in central and eastern Europe. The event was co-organised with the Slovenian CEI Presidency and sponsored by the Italian Government. The OECD LEED Trento Centre was an active partner of this important event. For more information, please contact Paola.Babos@oecd.org
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from 05-Oct-2004 to 06-Oct-2004
The European Day of the Entrepreneur (EDE) aims to built on the experiences of the cities that organise entrepreneurial events at local level. This event is organised by UMIS-SMEA and will be held in the city of Zagreb, Croatia, for the first time.
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from 04-Oct-2004 to 07-Oct-2004
Youth Employment Summit (YES) Mexico 2004 will be an important milestone for evaluating global progress on youth employment where national strategies will be shared within the context of YES Framework for Action. The LEED Programme has been invited to participate in this event and share its experience in the field of entrepreneurship promotion. For more information please contact Gabriela.Miranda-gallardo@oecd.org
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from 22-Sep-2004 to 24-Sep-2004
The 4th conference of the International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) is jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme, the University of Essex and the University of Paris Dauphine, France. This event will provide for research based insights and a forum for the sharing of experience by policy makers and practitioners. This is an invitation and the call for papers.
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from 01-Sep-2003 to 31-Dec-2003
Click here to know more about the LEED Programme forthcoming events on Entrepreneurship for 2003.
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This conference, was organised cojointly by the LEED Programme and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group. The international presentations, as well as the ensuing debates, were highly appreciated by the conference participants. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org
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