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<title><![CDATA[The determinants of informality in Mexico’s states]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Informality has important implications for productivity, economic growth, and the inequality of income. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has increased in many of Mexico's states, though highly heterogeneously.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving the economic situation of young people in France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The economic situation of young people is unsatisfactory. Educational inequalities have been widening for over a decade, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age bracket has not dropped below 16% for nearly 30 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving employment prospects for young workers in Spain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate among young people has reached painfully high levels, in particular among those young people with low levels of education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Youth labour market performance in Spain and its determinants - a micro-level perspective]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides both descriptive and empirical evidence about the main youth labour market problems in Spain. Using the experiences of other EU economies as a benchmark, we document the performance of Spain as regards a wide set of youth labour market dimensions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at lower cost.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Income inequality and poverty in Colombia. Part 2. The redistributive impact of taxes and transfers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly concentrated and the tax and transfer system has little redistributive impact.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Income inequality and poverty in Colombia. Part 1. The role of the labour market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion reflecting a large education premium for those with higher education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Work incentives and Universal Credit – reform of the benefit system in the United Kingdom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Under the Universal Credit reform, the main means-tested benefits except the Council Tax Benefit will be pooled into one single benefit with one single taper rate. The reform will give people better incentives to work, reduce complexity and contribute to reducing poverty.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/work-incentives-and-universal-credit_5k49lcn89rkf-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour market, welfare reform and inequality in the United Kingdom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Employment has risen by more and unemployment has risen less than expected, given the path of output. Nevertheless, long-term and youth unemployment and involuntary part-time work are high. A polarised labour market risks worsening income inequality, which is high by OECD standards, despite a recent and likely temporary decline.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Strengthening social cohesion in Luxembourg: making efficiency and equity go hand in hand]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over the past decades and relative poverty has risen reflecting mainly the rapid growth of high incomes.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/strengthening-social-cohesion-in-luxembourg_5k49lcrgv2g4-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do the average level and dispersion of socio-economic background measures explain France’s gap in PISA scores?
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<description><![CDATA[OECD’s PISA publications highlight the impact of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) on students’ results within countries. The focus here is to investigate whether ESCS measures could contribute to differences in aggregate educational outcomes between countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Educational attainment and labour market outcomes in South Africa, 1994-2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Education quality and labour market outcomes in South Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labour market and social policies to foster more inclusive growth in Sweden]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sweden is a very egalitarian country but inequalities have risen and some groups are poorly integrated into the labour market.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do policies that reduce unemployment raise its volatility? Evidence from OECD countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper we examine whether past labour market reforms aiming at reducing the rate of unemployment have raised its long-run volatility.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Investing efficiently in education and active labour market policies in Slovakia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In Slovakia, educational outcomes are below the OECD average and are too dependent on the
socioeconomic background of students.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Long-term growth scenarios]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The US labour market recovery following the great recession]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although job creation has improved, since the end of the 2007-08 recession, the effects of the recession on the labour market remain severe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why do Russian firms use fixed-term and agency work contracts?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis 2009 10 with the help of an enterprise survey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dutch labour market: preparing for the future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The well performing labour market has delivered low unemployment and relatively stable wage developments. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhancing the inclusiveness of the labour market in Belgium]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The global crisis led to a smaller increase in the unemployment rate than in most other OECD countries as employment has been sustained through intensive use of reduced working time schemes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Portugal: rebalancing the economy and returning to growth through job creation and better capital allocation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Low growth and huge current account deficits have characterised the Portuguese economy over the past decade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canada: Tertiary education: developing skills for innovation and l-t growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tackling Turkey’s external and domestic macroeconomic imbalances]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Effective macroeconomic and structural policies helped Turkey bounce back quickly and strongly from the global crisis, with annual growth averaging close to 9% over 2010-11]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Structural reforms to boost Turkey’s long-term growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The German labour market: preparing for the future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The strength of the German labour market response to the financial crisis of 2008-09 demonstrated the benefits of past labour market reforms, which raised work incentives, improved job matching and increased working hour flexibility.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-german-labour-market_5k92sn01tzzv-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Promoting social cohesion in Korea]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Korea faces the challenge of reversing rising inequality while sustaining robust economic growth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Less income inequality and more growth - Are they compatible?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Can both less income inequality and more growth be achieved? A recent OECD study sheds new light on the link between policies that boost growth and the distribution of income. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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