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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 2004 for Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Data refer to
2005 for Korea. For the United States and the United Kingdom, the
data refer to fiscal year 2004, which begins on October 1st and July 1st,
respectively. For the remaining countries, the data refer to fiscal year
2005, which begins on April 1st for Canada, Japan, and the United
Kingdom, and on July 1st for Australia and New Zealand. GDP has
been defined previously (see Gross Domestic Product section).
Source: OECD, Employment Outlook, 2006 Ed., Paris, June 2006, table H.
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