for growth to become more inclusive the gap between the cost of labour and productivity for some groups needs to be reduced transitions from education to work should be facilitated incentives to take a job ought to be strengthened and the nonemployed need to be protected against the risk of falling into unemployment or inactivity traps this calls for lowering minimum wages relative to the average wage for groups at risk of becoming unemployed improving vocational education and training and extending the coverage of the unemployment insurance while strengthening obligations for the unemployed to address labour market duality risks the gap in job protection between temporary and permanent contracts needs to be reduced