23-July-2015

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Setting Objectives for Achieving Better Youth Employment Outcomes

The purpose of this note is to highlight the key obstacles that young people face to obtaining high-quality jobs and to propose a number of concrete policy objectives that G20 economies could adopt to tackle these obstacles.

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23-July-2015

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G20 national Employment plans: proposed self-reporting template

Countries have agreed to self-report to the G20 Employment Working Group on the implementation of their national Employment Plans. To simplify and facilitate the reporting and at the same time ensure that it is substantive and useful for Leaders, this new template is proposed.

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23-July-2015

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The G20 Skills Strategy for Developing and Using Skills for the 21st Century

Investing in skills is crucial to improve individual outcomes and drive better economic performance: skills underpin innovation, adoption of leading technologies and ultimately productivity to drive strong economic growth. The OECD has therefore prepared a G20 Skills Strategy for developing and using skills for the 21st Century. This paper puts forward a three-pronged approach to developing strong skills systems.

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23-July-2015

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The Contribution of Labour Mobility to Economic Growth

This joint report by the ILO, OECD and the World Bank Group looks at the contribution of labour mobility to economic growth. Migrant labour to G20 countries is extremely important, and there is therefore a key role that G20 members could play in maximizing development benefits and returns to migrant workers.

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7-May-2015

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Monitoring Progress in reducing the gender gap in labour force participation

In November 2014, the G20 Leaders committed to reduce the gender labour force participation gap by 25% by 2025, as a collective commitment at G20 level. As an input to that decision, the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers issued a Declaration which included this issue and set forth 11 policy areas for potential action. This note proposes options and approaches for tracking the Leaders’ commitment to reduce the gender gap.

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24-April-2015

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Strengthening Public Employment Services

Public employment services are increasingly important in government efforts to tackle unemployment and boost overall employment outcomes. To strengthen their contributions to this agenda, they require strong capacity and resources to activate job seekers, build connections with employers, and stimulate economic development.

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26-February-2015

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Achieving Better Youth Employment Outcomes: Monitoring Policies and Progress in G20 Economies

The purpose of this note, prepared at the request of the Turkish Presidency of the G20, is to put forward possible options for monitoring developments in youth labour markets as well as country progress in implementing policy commitments for improving the labour market situation of young people.

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26-February-2015

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Enhancing policy coherence between the G20 Growth Strategies and Employment Plans

The purpose of this note is twofold. It first attempts to provide a “ballpark” estimate of the impact of the GS on employment given their estimated impact on growth. The second purpose is to put forward options for the consideration of the G20 Employment Working Group (EWG) for a mapping exercise to identify the coherence, complementarities and synergies between the measures put forward in the Growth Srategies and the Employment Plans.

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26-February-2015

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The Labour Share in G20 Economies

This paper reviews recent trends in the labour share in G20 countries (and over a long period of time in a few) and discusses possible causes of the observed trends. It then explores linkages between the labour income share and the main components of aggregate demand.

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25-February-2015

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G20/OECD - Building stronger pathways to work: the Role of quality apprenticeships

Well-designed apprenticeship systems can promote skills acquisition, facilitate the transition from school to work, improve employment opportunities and reduce school drop-out rates. This Background paper was prepared by the OECD for the 2nd G20-OECD Conference on Promoting Quality Apprenticeships in Antalya, February 2015.

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