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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, Italy, the Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Data refer to 2005 for the Republic
of Korea. For the United States and the United Kingdom, the data refer
to fiscal year 2004, which begins on October 1st and April 1st,
respectively. For the remaining countries, the data refer to fiscal year
2005, which begins on April 1st for Canada and Japan and on July 1st for
Australia and New Zealand. GDP has been defined previously (See Gross Domestic Production Section).
Source: OECD, Social Expenditures Database, http://www.oecd.org/.
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