Improving social cohesion through employment-friendly policies

The aim of this chapter is to review the role of selected public policies in promoting employment across different groups in society. Specifically, the chapter starts by investigating the extent to which growth policies have been able to generate employment growth and contribute to employment transformation. It then examines whether and how other policies, namely education and skills policies and minimum wage policy, have impacted on the quantity or quality of employment, contributed to adjusting the workforce to a changing economy, and helped make work pay decent wages.