OECD Regions at a Glance 2009
This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation. It relies on the OECD Regional database, the most comprehensive set of statistics at the sub-national level on demography, economic and labour market performance, education, healthcare, environmental outputs and knowledge-based activities comparable among the OECD countries. This publication provides a dynamic link (StatLink) for each graph and map, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel®.
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Regional contributions to change in employment
Differences in employment growth within countries are larger than across countries. During the period 1999-2006, international differences in annual employment growth rates across countries were as large as 4.4 percentage points, ranging from –0.2% in Poland to 4.2% in Spain (Figure 11.1).
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