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Oecd Economic Surveys: Estonia 2012 Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD's 2012 Economic Survey of Estonia examines recent economic developments, policy, and prospects. In addition it includes special chapters covering macroeconomic volatility and skills and poverty.

Table of Content :

Executive summary
Key policy recommendations
Assessment and recommendations
-Reducing imbalances by changes in fiscal policy design and financial market regulationImproving resilience by further labour market, education and innovation policy reforms
-Reducing poverty through activation and better targeted support
-Bibliography
-Annex A1. Progress in structural reform
Chapter 1. Matching skills and jobs
-Overcoming remaining challenges in the labour market
-Strengthening and better targeting activation measures
-Reinforcing the impact of lifelong learning
-Improving the quality of vocational education for a successful employment career
-Ensuring good access to tertiary education and reforming its funding
-Bibliography
Chapter 2.Reducing poverty through activation and better targeting
-Reforming the disability system to promote the earnings capacity
-Providing more effective support to the unemployed
-Refocusing family support policies
-Improving access to quality health care
-Reducing the labour tax wedge for the most vulnerable
-Bibliography
-Annex 2. A1.Risk-of-poverty rates by main categories
-Annex 2. A2.Macroeconomic volatility and life satisfaction in Estonia: Regression results