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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does Japan Comparepdf,112Kb,English | View long abstract 01-Jul-2009 Total health spending accounted for 8.1% of GDP in Japan in 2006–07, 0.8% lower than the OECD average of 8.9%. Related documents: |
OECD Economic Outlook No. 85 - Japanpdf,28Kb,English | View long abstract 24-Jun-2009 Summary of economic developments and projections for Japan taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook. Also available:Related documents: |
Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for Japanpdf,365Kb,English | View long abstract 23-Jun-2009 Japan is the OECD’s ‘oldest’ country, with just 2.6 people, of working age for every person aged over 65... Public pensions in Japan are projected to provide the second lowest pensions relative to individual earnings of OECD countries... Related documents: |
More competition key to future prosperity of Japan’s farm sector, says OECD report19-May-2009 Improving competitiveness is essential to the future prosperity of Japan’s agricultural sector, according to a new OECD report. Recent attempts to focus support on the more efficient farmers can help, but progress will be limited as long as the sector is protected from competition. |
Society at a Glance 2009 - OECD Social Indicators: Key findings for Japanpdf,95Kb,English | View long abstract 04-May-2009 Life expectancy, leisure, sleep, crime, infant mortality and obesity, etc. Society at a Glance 2009 also provides a special chapter examines leisure time across the OECD. Also available: |
Inflation responses to recent shocks: do G7 countries behave differently?01-Apr-2009 This paper uses a variety of empirical methods to examine the apparent differences in monetary policy stances as between the United States and other G7 economies, notably those in the Euro Area, during the period of sharp increases in oil and other commodity prices in the first half of 2008. |
Quantifying the effect of financial conditions in the Euro Area, Japan, United Kingdom and United States06-Mar-2009 This paper constructs a broad measure of financial conditions for the United States, Japan, the Euro Area and the United Kingdom, by extending monetary condition indices which are traditionally used to gauge the impact of monetary policy on the economy. |