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• Japan

  - 2008-06-01

  Although output growth is slowing somewhat, wage gains and a rebound in housing investment should help sustain the expansion in 2008, and growth is projected to pick up during 2009. While headline inflation has risen to about 1% as a result of soaring import prices, underlying inflation is around zero...

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• France

  - 2008-06-01

  After picking up in the first quarter, activity is thought to be softening already in the second quarter and is projected to remain weak in the rest of 2008 and early 2009. The slowdown should help limit further increases in wages and prices, in the face of recent food and...

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• global takes

  - 2008-01-01

  YOU WORK HARDER You teach more hours than anybody else in the developed world. Well, maybe not you personally, but American teachers easily outrank educators in 34 other industrialized countries in the number of hours they teach, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development....

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• Japan

  - 2007-12-01

  The economic expansion--the longest in Japan's post-war history--continues despite some deceleration in the pace of growth since early 2007. A further tightening of the labour market is projected to reverse the decline in wages, helping to sustain output growth of some 1 1/2-2% in 2008-09 and pushing inflation into positive...

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• Management Development in Russia: Evidence From Three Provincial Cities

  - 2007-01-01

  [Abstract] This article presents some results gathered as part of a longitudinal research project designed to examine the Russian President's Management Training Initiative RPMTI, a measure introduced by the Russian government in 1997 as a strategy designed to improve the performance of the Russian economy. The research is especially concerned...

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• New teachers outstrip the old in salaries.

  - 2006-10-22

  Byline: Justine Ferrari Oct 22, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The difference between the pay of experienced Australian teachers and new teachers has shrunk dramatically over the past eight years. According to an OECD report released in October 2006, the...

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• International migration, deindustrialization and union decline in 16 affluent OECD countries, 1962-1997.(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

  - 2005-09-01

  This article, using unbalanced panel data on 16 affluent OECD countries, tests the effects of diverse aspects of globalization and deindustrialization on unionization trends. In contrast to the recent studies focusing on the conditional role of labor market institutions, this study underlines the role of two structural factors in transforming...

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• II. Developments in individual OECD countries

  - 2005-06-01

  United States The expansion has continued at a solid pace, driven by private domestic demand that has been little restrained thus far by energy price or interest rate increases. Household and business spending has been supported by ongoing wealth gains and favourable financial conditions. By contrast, net exports have...

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• Australians head factory pay list.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-03-09

  Mar 09, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) A report from the OECD says Australian factory workers are the highest paid in the world. Workers' weekly wages are 10 per cent higher than those of US workers. According to the report, the average ...

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• An analysis of joblessness in Australia

  - 2005-03-01

  Unemployment levels have been falling steadily in Australia for some time--yet, when 'hidden' unemployment is taken into account, the work force remains considerably under-utilised. As well, work opportunities are sharply polarised across households and spatially. These problems stem largely from structural imbalances and inefficiencies in the job market, which are...

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