Policies Towards Full Employment [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Finland,sponsoring body.
European Commission,sponsoring body.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,publisher.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2000.
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 countries in the years to come. This book presents the proceedings of a conference on labour markets which was organised by the Ministries of Labour and Finance of Finland, with the support of the OECD and the European Commission. It advances thinking on new policy measures, such as active labour market policies and measures to "make work pay" and focuses on specific experiences in a few individual countries, namely the United States, Japan, Finland and Denmark. It includes papers from politicians, high level officials from the European Commission and the OECD Secretariat, social partners and prominent representatives from the academic community. Proceedings of the Helsinki Conference, January 2000.
FOREWORD; CONTENTS; HIGHLIGHTS; Part 1. Opening Session; A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKS: FINLAND'S EXPERIENCE IN THE 1990S; EUROPE'S EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL CHALLENGE : COMPETITIVENESS AND COHESION; Part 2. Assessing International Strategies; PUTTING EUROPE TO WORK; IMPLEMENTING THE OECD JOBS STRATEGY: ASSESSING PERFORMANCE AND POLICY; A COMMENT; Part 3. Experiences in selected countries; NEITHER TOO HOT NOT TOO COLD: THE U.S. ECONOMY IN THE 1990s; THE JAPANESE EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM IN THE 1990s; THE FINNISH EXPERIENCE IN THE 1990s; Part 4. Making Work Pay
TAX POLICY, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENTA COMMENT; EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION AND TRANSFER PAYMENTS; WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT POLICIES TO MAKE WORK PAY? AN OVERVIEW; A COMMENT; Part 5. Preventive Approaches Against Labour Market Exclusion; REMOVING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR GROUPS AT THE MARGIN OF THE LABOUR MARKET; ACTIVE AND PREVENTIVE APPROACHES: A NOTE BASED ON THE RECENT DANISH EXPERIENCE; A COMMENT; Part 6. Active Labour Market Policies; ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
WHAT WORKS AMONG ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES: EVIDENCE FROM OECD COUNTRIES' EXPERIENCES
"Proceedings of the Helsinki Conference, January 2000"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 countries in the years to come. This book presents the proceedings of a conference on labour markets which was organised by the Ministries of Labour and Finance of Finland, with the support of the OECD and the European Commission. It advances thinking on new policy measures, such as active labour market policies and measures to "make work pay" and focuses on specific experiences in a few individual countries, namely the United States, Japan, Finland and Denmark. It includes papers from politicians, high level officials from the European Commission and the OECD Secretariat, social partners and prominent representatives from the academic community. Proceedings of the Helsinki Conference, January 2000.
Labor supply
Full employment policies