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Action is needed to secure future livelihoods in developed and emerging economies, says the OECD Development Centre – OECD
Securing Livelihoods For All: Foresight for Action, a report that uses a foresight approach to develop five possible livelihood landscapes for the world in 2030, shows that vulnerability and the risk of falling back into extreme poverty remain high in the face of a changing global context. In most developing regions, 80% of people feel … Continue reading
Consider migrants as a resource rather than a problem says OECD
The increasing number of people moving within the European Union is driving the rise in migration registered in OECD countries, after several years of decline caused by the crisis. High skilled migration and humanitarian movements to OECD countries are also increasing. Migration policies need to keep pace with these changes, according to a new OECD … Continue reading
OECD – Post-secondary vocational education and training plays an under-recognised role in country skill systems
School and university, and the well-trod path between them, play a dominant role in thinking about education policy. But outside these two institutions there exists a less well understood world of colleges, diplomas, certificates and professional examinations – the world of post-secondary vocational education and training. many professional and technical jobs require no more than … Continue reading
Canada – University graduates with lower levels of literacy and numeracy skills, 2012
In 2012, more than a quarter of university graduates in Canada aged 25 to 65 had a literacy score at the second level or below (out of five levels) in a survey on adult competencies led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The survey, which was part of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult … Continue reading
Well-Being since 1820 – An OECD study
How was life in 1820, and how has it improved since then? What are the long-term trends in global well-being? Views on social progress since the Industrial Revolution are largely based on historical national accounting in the tradition of Kuznets and Maddison. But trends in real GDP per capita may not fully reflect changes in … Continue reading
US – Champion of low-paying jobs says OECD report
The U.S. has more low-paying jobs than any other country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an economic group of 34 developed countries, according to a research note released by Morgan Stanley on Monday. Economists Ellen Zentner and Paula Campbell based their analysis on the OECD Economic Outlook Report, which documents employment and … Continue reading
Tertiary-educated individuals are likely to earn twice as much as the median worker finds OECD (video)
Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report. Education at a Glance 2014 says that educational mobility has … Continue reading
Unemployment in OECD – 12.1 Million more than before the crisis and wages stagnate (video)
Unemployment will remain well above its pre-crisis levels next year in most OECD countries, despite modest declines over the rest of 2014 and in 2015, according to a new OECD report. The Employment Outlook 2014 says that average jobless rates will decrease slightly over the next 18 months in the OECD area, from 7.4% in mid-2014 … Continue reading
Migrants accounted for 47% of the increase in the workforce in the United States and 70% in Europe over the past ten years says OECD
The economic impact of migration has been intensively studied but is still often driven by ill-informed perceptions, which, in turn, can lead to public antagonism towards migration. These negative views risk jeopardising efforts to adapt migration policies to the new economic and demographic challenges facing many countries. This edition of Migration Policy Debates looks at … Continue reading
Only young businesses – predominantly small – create a disproportionate number of jobs OECD finds
The OECD has embarked on a distributed microdata project, called DynEmp, with the aim of providing a cross-country evidence base for the design of well-grounded policies for employment and growth. The project has produced a new database of micro-aggregated firm-level data on employment dynamics for different groups of firms classified by size, age and sectors … Continue reading
Germany should take steps “to heal the split in the labour market” says OECD
Germany’s current economic success offers a good platform for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth, but further reforms will be necessary over the medium and long term, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Germany. Among the priorities are making the tax system more socially just and environment-friendly, strengthening the financial sector, so that it … Continue reading
OECD in Q4 2013 – employment rate increased to 65.3%
The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are in employment – increased by 0.1 percentage point (to 65.3%) in the fourth quarter of 2013. This was the third consecutive quarterly increase, but the level is still 1.2 percentage points below the one recorded in the second quarter … Continue reading
Personal income tax in OECD – It has risen in 25 out of 34 countries over the past three years
Personal income tax has risen in 25 out of 34 OECD countries over the past three years, as countries reduce the value of tax-free allowances and tax credits and subject higher proportions of earnings to tax, according to new data in the annual Taxing Wages publication. The increases in tax burdens on labour income in … Continue reading
Unemployment Rate in OECD – Stable at 7.6% in January 2014
The OECD unemployment rate was stable at 7.6% in January 2014. Across the OECD area, 46.2 million persons were unemployed, 3.8 million less than the peak in April 2010, but 11.5 million more than in July 2008. via Employment – OECD. Related articles Eurozone jobless rate Gap widening says OECD average European Union – 5.556 … Continue reading
Older Workers in France / More should be done to promote quality jobs says OECD
Promoting quality employment for older workers is crucial to boosting growth and ensuring a financially sustainable pension system, according to a new OECD report on ageing and employment policies in France. Working Better with Age in France emphasises that the transition from employment to retirement comes especially early and poses problems for many older workers. … Continue reading
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