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Addressing labour market challenges for sustainable and inclusive growth in Israel

Koelle, Michael - 2023

High employment growth has sustained Israel’s high GDP growth in recent decades, but demographic change and labour market duality put future growth at risk. Policy action is required to stimulate employment and raise labour productivity, especially among population groups with weaker labour...

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China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation

Herd, Richard - 2010

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...

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Coping with the Job Crisis and Preparing for Ageing: The Case of Finland

Braconier, Henrik - 2010

major challenges for policy makers in Finland. The recession of the early 1990s showed that high unemployment can leave long …, greater flexibility in wage setting, ensuring earlier activation of unemployed and reforming unemployment and social benefits … to better support work incentives. Finland has an unusual combination of elevated unemployment replacement rates and late …

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Migration in OECD countries : Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - 2007

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

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Labour market transitions across OECD countries: Stylised facts

Causa, Orsetta - 2021

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

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The Effects of Downturns on Labour Force Participation: Evidence and Causes

Duval, Romain; Eris, Mehmet; Furceri, Davide - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

This paper uses an impulse-response function approach to assess the magnitude and persistence of the effects of downturns on labour force participation for a sample of 30 countries over the period 1960-2008. Past severe recessions appear to have had a significant and persistent impact on...

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Improving the Functioning of the Slovenian Labour Market

Koske, Isabell - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

Labour market outcomes have improved markedly in the past years as the beneficial effects of the economic upswing were reinforced by important structural reforms.With the economy on the verge of a severe economic downturn, it is important to avoid alleviating measures that adversely affect the...

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Encouraging Labour Force Participation in Chile

Contreras, Dante; Mello, Luiz de; Puentes, Esteban - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008

Chile’s labour force participation is low by comparison with most countries in the OECD area, especially among females and youths. In the case of women, labour supply has risen steadily over time for prime-age and older individuals, against a background of relative stability for men. With...

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Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria

Molnar, Margit - 2023

migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely … disadvantaged backgrounds should be offered a career path through upgrading skills and lifelong learning. Inactivity rates among the …

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Labour market and education reforms are needed to create more and better jobs in Türkiye

Dlugosch, Dennis - 2023

comprehensive reform programme that shifts job loss protection to a broader-based unemployment insurance scheme, supported by well …

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