Figure A
Many countries use work-sharing to help combat joblessness: Work-sharing levels as a share of total employment in the OECD countries (2009)
Country | Work-sharing as a share of employment |
---|---|
Belgium | 5.6% |
Turkey | 4.0% |
Italy | 3.3% |
Germany | 3.2% |
Luxembourg | 2.8% |
Japan | 2.7% |
Finland | 1.7% |
Czech Republic | 1.5% |
Switzerland | 1.1% |
Ireland | 1.1% |
Spain | 1.0% |
France | 0.9% |
Slovak Republic | 0.8% |
Netherlands | 0.8% |
Austria | 0.7% |
Hungary | 0.7% |
Norway | 0.6% |
Korea | 0.5% |
Denmark | 0.4% |
Canada | 0.3% |
USA | 0.2% |
New Zealand | 0.2% |
Portugal | 0.1% |
Poland | 0.0% |
UK* | 0.0% |
Sweden* | 0.0% |
Iceland* | 0.0% |
Greece* | 0.0% |
Australia* | 0.0% |
Note: No program in Australia, Greece, Iceland, Sweden, and the UK in 2009.
Source: Cahuc, P., and S. Carcillo. “Is Short-Time Work a Good Method to Keep Unemployment down?”
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