Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment … has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for …

declining. Manufacturing has not brought much new employment, and most of the recent rise in manufacturing employment has been …

empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

and youth employment services enhanced. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Review of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/France). …

and that a tertiary qualification improves an individual’s prospects of employment. While the premium for matric and …

proxies for education quality. We find that the employment and earnings premiums to education level are robust to the … significant relationship is found between the school quality measures and employment.<P>This Working Paper relates to the 2013 …

This paper analyses the age structure of employment rates across OECD countries with a focus on France. The statistical … dispersion of employment rates across age groups. The “within” component of the 15-29 age group accounts for over half of France …

nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …

spanning the period 1996 to 2004. The effects of changes in the minimum wage on unemployment, formal-sector employment and the … increase in employment: a rise in informal-sector employment more than compensates for job losses in the formal sector. This …