The OECD Employment Outlook provides an annual assessment of key labour market developments and prospects in OECD member countries. Each edition also contains several chapters focusing on specific aspects of how labour markets function and the implications for policy in order to promote more and better jobs. The 2022 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook reviews the key labour market and social challenges for a more inclusive post-COVID‑19 recovery as well as the labour market risks brought about by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. It also addresses a number of long-standing structural issues that have a key relevance for labour market inclusiveness, such as employer market power and its labour market consequences, the role of firms in wage inequality, and the effect of working time policies on well-being and economic outcomes.
The OECD Employment Outlook 2022 is the joint work of staff of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS). It has also greatly benefited from comments from other OECD directorates and contributions from national government delegates, national institutions and academic researchers. However, its assessments of each country’s labour market prospects do not necessarily correspond to those made by the national authorities and institutions concerned. Chapters 1 and 2 were co-funded by the US Department of Labor. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the US Department of Labor.
This report was edited by Andrea Bassanini. Lead authors for individual chapters were Andrea Salvatori (Chapter 1), Oliver Denk and Sebastian Königs (Chapter 2), Satoshi Araki, Andrea Bassanini, Andrew Green and Luca Marcolin (Chapter 3), Chiara Criscuolo, Antton Haramboure, Alexander Hijzen, Michael Koelle and Cyrille Schwellnus (Chapter 4), and Sandrine Cazes, Clara Krämer, Sebastien Martin and Chloé Touzet (Chapter 5). All chapters, nonetheless, benefitted from specific contributions from other ELS staff members. The report also benefitted from extensive comments from Stefano Scarpetta (Director of ELS), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director of ELS), Stéphane Carcillo (Head of the Jobs and Income Division of ELS), and Mark Keese (Head of the Skills and Employability Division of ELS). The infographic is based on contributions from Alastair Wood. Pascal Marianna was responsible for the statistical annex. Statistical support was provided by Sébastien Martin, Agnès Puymoyen and Dana Blumin. Editorial assistance was provided by Lucy Hulett, Niamh Kinane, Hagai Glebocki and Natalie Corry.