Availability criteria in selected OECD-countries

01.01.1998
This working paper presents the final results from a survey on job availability rules for unemployed which was carried out by the Ministry of Finance in 1997.

This working paper presents the final results from a survey on job availability rules for unemployed which was carried out by the Ministry of Finance in 1997. The survey cover availability rules for 19 OECD countries. The results form the basis of a summary indicator, the purpose of which is to improve deeper and broader research on factors affecting structural unemployment.