As we embark on a new century, some 33 million people are out of work in the OECD area. Policies to increase employment have topped most countries' domestic political agendas in the past decade. And employment and unemployment are likely to remain major economic and social challenges for many...

Wage inequalities and low pay: the role of labour market institutions / Claudio Lucifora -- Employment inequalities / Andrew Glyn and Wiemer Salverda -- Low pay: a special affliction of women / Rita Asplund and Inga Persson -- Earnings mobility of the low paid / Peter Sloane and Ioannis...