Oecd Employment Outlook 2003 Towards More & Better Jobs

The yearly OECD Employment Outlook provides data on unemployment and employment ratios, together with articles on current topics: More and Better Jobs?--Aggregate Performance during the Past DecadeAre employment gains registered during the past decade sustainable? How do employment losses recorded in the current economic slowdown compare with previous recessions? Is there evidence that increasing employment has been accompanied by improvements in "job quality"?The Labor Mobilization Challenge--Remaining Pockets of Excess Inactivity and Barriers to Moving up Job LaddersTo what extent are certain population groups, such as women, older workers, and less educated workers, trapped in situations of labor market inactivity?Making Work Pay--Making Work PossibleHow can "make work pay" policies help improve the employment prospects of underrepresented groups? To what extent can family-friendly policies and flexible work arrangements, such as part-time jobs, facilitate access to employment for,these groups?Upgrading Workers' Skills and CompetenciesWhat explains the relatively low training incidence among the less educated, older workers, women, immigrants, part-timers, and temporary workers? How can training policies effectively reduce these inequalities and what is the role of cofinancing arrangements in such a strategy?Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff is the author of 'Oecd Employment Outlook 2003 Towards More & Better Jobs' with ISBN 9789264100619 and ISBN 926410061X.