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""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Editorial: Time is running out to help workers move up the jobs ladder""; ""The recovery is underway, but millions of workers risk being trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder""; ""Tackling persistently high unemployment remains a priority""; ""Polices to...

""Skills policy is key to facilitate upward mobility and reduce overall wage inequality""""A carefully designed minimum wage that is coordinated with the tax/benefit system can help to raise living standards at the bottom of the earnings ladder""; ""Turning the recovery into an opportunity to promot...

""Wage inequality is lower in countries that are better at meeting the rising demand for skills""""Activation policies for more inclusive labour markets""; ""The quality of working lives: Earnings mobility, labour market risk and long-term inequality""; ""Enhancing job quality in emerging economies"...

""The macroeconomic roller coaster ride since 2007 is reflected in labour market performance""""Figure 1.1. Recent and projected developments in real GDP growth, employment growth and unemployment rate in OECD countries ""; ""The labour market recovery remains far from complete in some OECD countrie...

""Long-term unemployment has risen sharply in some countries, bringing with it the risk of a rise in structural unemployment""""Figure 1.4. Long-term unemployment has risen in a large majority of countries, but sharp hikes are confined to only a few, Q4 2007 and Q4 2014 ""; ""Youth have been among t...

""The crisis did not result in a uniform increase in the incidence of temporary work""