Norway is characterised by very high levels of migration from within the European Economic Area (EEA) and growing but … small scale labour migration from countries outside the EEA. In this context, the challenge for managing discretionary … labour migration is to ensure it complements EEA flows. High-skilled workers who come to Norway often leave, even if their …

The OECD series Recruiting Immigrant Workers comprises country studies of labour migration policies. Each volume … analyses whether migration policy is being used effectively and efficiently to help meet labour needs, without adverse effects … on labour markets. It focuses mainly on regulated labour migration movements over which policy has immediate and direct …

In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality as measured by … and household structures have altered household earnings and income inequality. And it documents how tax and benefit … systems have changed in the ways they redistribute household incomes. The report discusses which policies are most promising …