This report is the outcome of a collaboration between the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) and the Economics Department (ECO).
The publication was coordinated and edited by Alexander Hijzen (ELS) and Cyrille Schwellnus (ECO). The main authors were Andrea Bassanini (Chapters 1, 3-6 and 9), Stijn Broecke (Chapters 1, 3‑7 and 12), Oliver Denk (Chapters 11 and 15), Alexander Hijzen (Chapters 1‑10, 13, 14, 16, 17), Cyrille Schwellnus (Chapters 1‑6, 13, 14, 17) as well as Willem Adema (Chapter 11), Ruediger Ahrend (Chapter 14), Stéphane Carcillo (Chapter 9), Elena Crivellaro (Chapter 17), Emily Farchy (Chapter 11), Andrea Garnero (Chapter 8), Sebastian Königs (Chapter 10), Fabio Manca (Chapter 14), Christopher Prinz (Chapters 9 and 11), Glenda Quintini (Chapter 10), Veerle Miranda (Chapter 11), Anne Saint‑Martin (Chapter 11), Stéphane Sorbe (Chapter 14), Stefan Thewissen (Chapter 16). Agnès Puymoyen provided statistical assistance for all chapters. Brigitte Beyeler, Natalie Corry, Liv Gudmundson, Lucy Hulett and Sarah Michelson prepared the manuscript for publication. Steve Whitehouse and Kate Lancaster contributed to the editing of the report. The senior management, including Gabriela Ramos (Chief of Staff and G20 Sherpa), Stefano Scarpetta (Director of ELS), Luiz De Mello (Director of ECO), Mark Pearson, Alain de Serres, Stéphane Carcillo, Mark Keese and Giuseppe Nicoletti, provided guidance and extensive comments on various versions of the report.
The report has benefited from the strong support and fruitful exchanges with the delegates of the Working Party on Employment, the Employment Labour and Social Affairs Committee, the Economic Policy Committee of the OECD and representatives of the Trade Union Advisory Committee and the Business and Industry Advisory Committee throughout the process. Useful comments and suggestions were provided by colleagues from various OECD Directorates, including the Office of the Secretary‑General, the Directorate for Education and Skills, the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Public Affairs Directorate, the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the Statistics Directorate, and the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. Last but not least, recognition is due to the members of the Advisory Group on the new Jobs Strategy: Torben Andersen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Michael Burda (Humboldt University, Germany), Jason Furman (Peterson Institute for International Economics, United States), Lesley Giles (Work Foundation, United Kingdom), Lisa Lynch (Brandeis University, United States), Selma Mahfouz (DARES, France), Alan Manning (London School of Economics, United Kingdom) and Stephen Nickell (Oxford University, United Kingdom).
The German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the French Ministry of Labour provided special support to the new OECD Jobs Strategy, including by hosting respectively the High-Level Policy Forum in Berlin (13 June 2017) and the High‑Level Policy Forum and Launch of the new OECD Jobs Strategy in Paris (4 December 2018).