OECD employment outlook 2009: tackling the jobs crisis

Abstract

The OECD Employment Outlook provides an annual assessment of labour market developments and prospects in member countries.
This issue focuses on the jobs crisis in particular and looks at steps taken by governments to help workers and the unemployed.
It recommends ways of preventing current high levels of unemployment becoming entrenched.
It will provide a basis for discussions by OECD Employment Ministers at a meeting in Paris on 28-29 September.