Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?
Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?

Author: Mr.Marcello M. Estevão

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2003-12-01

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1451875649

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Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment rates in the business sector in the 1990s, after controlling for many institutions, country-specific effects, and economic variables. Among such policies, direct subsidies to job creation were the most effective. ALMPs also affected employment rates by reducing real wages below levels allowed by technological growth, changes in the unemployment rate, and institutional and other economic factors. However, part of this wage moderation may be linked to a composition effect because policies were targeted to low-paid individuals. Whether ALMPs are cost-effective from a budgetary perspective remains to be determined, but they are certainly not substitutes for comprehensive institutional reforms.

Good Jobs for All in a Changing World of Work The OECD Jobs Strategy
Good Jobs for All in a Changing World of Work The OECD Jobs Strategy

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-12-04

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9264308814

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The labour markets of OECD and emerging economies are undergoing major transformations. The widespread slow-down in productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality in many countries are coupled with structural changes linked to the digital revolution, globalisation and ...

OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Latvia 2016
OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Latvia 2016

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-03-31

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9264250506

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Latvia has undergone major economic and social change since the early 1990s. Despite an exceptionally deep recession following the global financial crisis, impressive economic growth over the past two decades has narrowed income and productivity gaps relative to comparator countries in the OECD.

Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2020 Rebuilding Better
Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2020 Rebuilding Better

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-11-23

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9264446230

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The impact of COVID-19 on local jobs and workers dwarfs those of the 2008 global financial crisis. The 2020 edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development considers the short-term impacts on local labour markets as well as the longer-term implications for local development.

OECD Employment Outlook 2018
OECD Employment Outlook 2018

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-07-04

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9264301798

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The 2018 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook reviews labour market trends and prospects in OECD countries.

OECD Employment Outlook 2016
OECD Employment Outlook 2016

Author: Collectif

Publisher: OECD

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9264259104

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This 2016 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook provides an in-depth review of recent labour market trends and short-term prospects in OECD countries. Chapter 1 examines recent labour market developments, with a special focus on vulnerable youth who are neither working nor in education or training. The size of this group has grown in recent years in many OECD countries and governments will need to take vigorous policy measures if they are to meet the target, recently adopted by G20 governments, of reducing the share of youth who are vulnerable by 15% by 2025. Chapter 2 considers skills use at work: are countries doing enough to assure that workers are able to make full use of their skills on the job? Chapter 3 looks at the short-term effects of structural reforms on employment and identifies successful strategies for reducing transition costs. Chapter 4 looks at how to close the labour market gender gap in emerging economies, proposing a comprehensive policy response to the problem. The Outlook’s analysis and recommendations are complemented by a statistical annex.

Economic Policy Reforms 2021 Going for Growth: Shaping a Vibrant Recovery
Economic Policy Reforms 2021 Going for Growth: Shaping a Vibrant Recovery

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-04-14

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 9264911375

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Going for Growth 2021 identifies country-specific structural policy priorities for the recovery across OECD and key non-member countries (Argentina, Brazil, The People’s Republic of China, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia and South Africa). It frames the main policy challenges of the current juncture along three main areas: building resilience; facilitating reallocation and boosting productivity growth for all; and supporting people in transition.

Working Better with Age
Working Better with Age

Author: OECD

Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789264201859

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Currently, Japan has the highest old-age dependency ratio of all OECD countries, with a ratio in 2017 of over 50 persons aged 65 and above for every 100 persons aged 20 to 64. This ratio is projected to rise to 79 per hundred in 2050. The rapid population ageing in Japan is a major challenge for achieving further increases in living standards and ensuring the financial sustainability of public social expenditure. However, with the right policies in place, there is an opportunity to cope with this challenge by extending working lives and making better use of older workers' knowledge and skills. This report investigates policy issues and discusses actions to retain and incentivise the elderly to work more by further reforming retirement policies and seniority-wages, investing in skills to improve productivity and keeping up with labour market changes through training policy, and ensuring good working conditions for better health with tackling long-hours working culture.