OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: December 2008

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08-Dec-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.2% in October 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

Impact of the economic crisis on employment and unemployment in the OECD countries

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24-Nov-2008

The OECD area economy has entered recession and labour market conditions are rapidly deteriorating in many countries, according to the latest issue of the OECD Economic Outlook . OECD projections indicate ...

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: November 2008

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12-Nov-2008

All of the major seven OECD economies, except the United States, recorded flat or lower growth in unit labour costs in industry in the second quarter of 2008.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: November 2008

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10-Nov-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

Income distribution and poverty statistics (Growing Unequal, OECD 2008)

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21-Oct-2008

Gini coefficients, Poverty rates, Income composition in MS-Excel, Gapminder dynamic charts, or OECD.Stat: data on income distribution and poverty in 30 OECD countries in the last 20 years.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: October 2008

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10-Oct-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in August 2008, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

Employment crisis: What can governments do?

Interview with Stefano Scarpetta

Global downturn

Tackling the crisis

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