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CHART 4.1

Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05

  • Expenditures on labor market programs were less than 1 percent of GDP in Korea, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
  • The highest relative expenditures were by Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany.

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Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05

NOTE: Fiscal year 2004 for the United States and the United Kingdom. Fiscal year 2005 for Canada, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. 2005 for Korea. 2004 for the remaining countries.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.


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