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OECD countries need to modernise social protection systems to meet population ageing and extend opportunities for all. The OECD has developed a range of social indicators to meet these challenges. They are presented in three main databases: database on tax and benefits systems , database on social indicators and database on social expenditure. Datasets on other social policy areas are also available , such as family policies, sickness/disability policies, and policies for the retired or the disadvantaged.

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Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries

04-May-2009

The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. These are some of the insights into the differing ways in which OECD countries use that most fundamental of resources, time, in the latest edition of Society at a Glance.

Tax-Benefit calculator, out-of-work replacement rates and country specific files for 2007

05-May-2009

Statistics, country specific files and tax-benefit models and calculator, which provide detailed descriptions of all cash benefits available to those in and out of work as well as the taxes they were liable to pay in 29 OECD countries from 2007. "Benefits and Wages (2007) " is available.

Income inequality and poverty rising in most OECD countries

21-Oct-2008

Income gaps have widened over the past two decades in three-fourths of OECD countries. In today’s changing world economy, that means ever more people at risk of being left behind. According to Secretary-General Angel Gurria, “Ensuring growth for all, not just the rich, is the task we must set for ourselves.” Governments need not sit on the sidelines: they should respond to income inequality with policies that help lift people up.

Encouraging employment - OECD countries balance benefits, wages and taxes

13-Dec-2007

Faced with labour shortages and pressures on pension funding due to ageing populations, one in three OECD countries has cut unemployment benefits in the last six years with a view to encouraging unemployed people to find jobs, according to a new OECD report.

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Social Data

About Statistics Publications & Documents Information by Country

What's new

Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries

Tax-Benefit calculator, out-of-work replacement rates and country specific files for 2007

Income inequality and poverty rising in most OECD countries

Encouraging employment - OECD countries balance benefits, wages and taxes

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