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The deep recession has led to a marked deterioration in labour market conditions in the OECD area. This paper, which draws heavily on other ongoing analytical work at the OECD, takes stock of recent labour market developments, highlights some of the key uncertainties in the early stages of the...
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effects of rural migration on unemployment and the urban area labour market in … India - presents a case study of Ludhiana discussing the causes, implications and benefits of migration, migrant worker … worker labour force participation, labour mobility, housing, etc., and impact on urban population, incomes, employment and …
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Presents the results of surveys carried out during 1983 and 1984 to test alternative questionnaire formulations and to examine the field application in household surveys of the measurement of the economically active population. Covers workers in marginal activities and the informal sector.
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Examines changes in the level and structure of employment and wages during economic reforms in India, focusing on the …
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En 2000, l’Europe se fixait un programme de réformes sur dix ans pour améliorer ses performances économiques mais, à mi-parcours, le bilan souligne l’importance des progrès qui restent à accomplir.
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Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which is concentrated among the Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) communities. Policies include pilot programmes involving private-sector job placement (the “Wisconsin”...
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, which has provided a significant boost to growth, productivity, competitiveness, profits and (more controversially …) aggregate employment. Indeed, among the older EU member states, Austria has benefited the most from the transition of the …
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legislation could also raise productivity growth for a while in many OECD and non-OECD G20 countries, although the effects are … quickly, labour market reforms in the areas of unemployment benefit systems, activation policies, labour taxes and pension … systems could raise employment rates by several percentage points in a number of OECD countries over a 10-year horizon. Large …
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