Public expenditures on labor market
programs as a percent of GDP (chart
4.1)
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Public expenditures on labor market programs include the following programs,
although not all countries have all programs: public employment services and
administration; training; employment recruitment and maintenance incentives;
integration of the disabled; direct job creation; business start-up incentives;
out-of work and income maintenance and support, including unemployment
compensation; and early retirement incentives. The data presented refer to 2005
for Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Spain, and Sweden. For the United Kingdom, the
data refer to fiscal year 2005, which begins on April 1st. For the
remaining countries, the data refer to fiscal year 2006, which begins on April
1st for Canada and Japan; on July 1st for Australia and New Zealand;
and on October 1st for the United States. GDP has been defined
previously (see Gross Domestic Product section).
Source: OECD, Social Expenditures Database, <http://www.oecd.org/>.
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