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Table of Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Editorial Unfinished Business: Investing in Youth; Chapter 1. Income Support for the Unemployed: How Well Has the Safety-Net Held Up During the "Great Recession"?; Key findings; Introduction; 1. What was the impact of the "Great Recession" on OECD labou...

Figure 1.3. The responsiveness of unemployment and hours to declining output varied considerably across OECD countriesFigure 1.4. Falling employment has particularly affected youth, low-skilled and men; Figure 1.5. Falling employment largely took the form of rising unemployment, rather than labour f...

Figure 1.7. Evolution of unemployment rates by duration in selected countries,a 2007Q1 to 2010Q4Box 1.1. A historical perspective on the dramatic increase in US long-term unemployment in the wake of the "Great Recession"; Figure: Incidence of long-term unemployment and unemployment rate in the Unite...

Figure 1.9. Spending on labour market programmes was relatively low in 2007 in most countries where unemployment subsequently rose sharplyFigure 1.10. Anticipated and realised changes in the resources devoted to labour market policy, 2009 to 2011; 2. What social safety nets were in place when the re...

Social assistance programmesFigure 1.11. Impact of recent changes in the level and maximum duration of unemployment benefits on overall generosity; Figure 1.12. Net income of social assistance recipients relative to median and alternative relative poverty lines, 2007 and 2009; 3. Were social safety...

Figure 1.14. Change in general government expenditures between 2007 and 2009