CONCOURS EXTERNE-D'ADMINISTRATEUR OCTOBRE 2006

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EPREUVE N° 37
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After a decade of rising employment, innovative start-ups and widespread business euphoria, unemployment has started to increase again across the OECD. It seems that the rise in unemployment is less pronounced than was the case in previous bouts of economie weakness, and this reflects encouraging improvements in structural employment. Still, it is a stark reminder that the fight against high and persistent joblessness must remain at the top of the policy agenda. The deterioration of labour market conditions in the last couple of years could affect sorne groups more than others, with older workers, women, lone parents, people with disabilities, immigrants and disadvantaged youth bearing the brunt. The trouble is, these groups are already under-represented in employment. Mobilising them into jobs would surely boost employment potential, as weIl as helping to combat exclusion and poverty. lndeed, several countries have shown they can raise employment by increasing the participation rate of these under-represented groups. For years, governments have been concemed with fighting unemployment, and though this battle must continue, it must be reinforced by measures to attract more non-employed people into the workforce. After aIl; higher labour market participation, and not lower unemployment, is the, main driver behind employment gains. This is a fact our ageing populations cannot afford to overlook. Population ageing brings pressures on welfare costs and