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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 2003 for Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,
Portugal, and Sweden. The data refer to 2004 for Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain. For the remaining countries, the data
refer to fiscal year 2004, although the fiscal year varies by country: for Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, the fiscal year
begins on April 1st; for Australia and New Zealand, it begins on July 1st; and for the United States, on October 1st. GDP has been
defined previously (see Gross Domestic Product section).
Source: OECD, Employment Outlook, 2005 Ed., Paris, July 2005, table H.
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