II. Global priorities for national action plans on employment ..................................................... 2 Promoting decent work as a productive factor ........................................................................ 2 Knowledge creation and dissemination................................................................................... 3 Promoting entrepreneurship and privat...

Despite some progress, there is still evidence of discrimination on the grounds of gender and ethnic or racial origins in OECD labour markets. Field experiments show pervasive ethnic discrimination in many countries. Indirect evidence shows that on average at least 8% of the gender employment gap and a larger proportion of the gender wage gap can be attributed to discrimination. Virtually all O...