OECD Newsletter on Employment, Health, Migration and Social Issues

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March - May 2012

Within the OECD, the ELS Directorate works on the following subjects: employment, health, migration and social issues. The newsletter is published quarterly (in English only) and focuses on new and ongoing projects, recent publications and upcoming events. It is updated regularly and is accessible online. If you have any feedback about the content, please contact us at els.Newsletter@oecd.org

Key Publications

This report examines to which extent economic globalisation, skill-biased technological progress and institutional and regulatory reforms have had an impact on the distribution of earnings.

The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced productivity at work.

Consult our calendar of publications for 2012
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Graph of the Month

Country Focus

Gender gap in median earnings for full-time employees,
2000 and 2010

Although the gender wage gap has narrowed over time, it is still large. Among full-time employees in 2010, women earned, on average, 16% less than men. Hungary had the smallest gender gap in wages (6%). In Korea women earned, on average, 39% less than men.

Source: OECD Employment database

[Download more information about the OECD gender initiative in one .pdf or .xls file]

How does your country compare?

» Inequality in your country

Australia
Canada
France (en Français & English)
Germany (Presentation in German)
Israel
Italy (in Italian & English)
Japan (in Japanese & English)
Korea (in Korean & English)
Mexico (in Spanish & English)
New Zealand
Spain (in Spanish & English)
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States

» Health at a Glance - performance of health systems in:

Working Papers

Upcoming Events

Eligibility Criteria for Unemployment Benefits (WP 131)
The Impact of Publicly Provided Services on the Distribution of Resources (WP 130)
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Austria (WP 127)
Are Recent Immigrants Different? A New Profile of Immigrants in the OECD based on DIOC 2005/06 (WP 126)

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ELS Seminar Series

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Media Focus on Employment, Migration and Social Affairs

Poor Mental Health Harming Productivity, Report Says (Fox News)
Obesity Rates Rising: 10 Fattest Countries in the Developed World (Huffington Post)

» Read more articles

Record inequality between rich and poor

Ongoing projects

Social Issues	Health
Ongoing Projects » OECD Gender Initiative » The Wikichild website on child policies and well-being. Statistics » www.oecd.org/els/social/statistics	Ongoing Projects » Health Update » OECD Obesity Update 2012 Statistics » www.oecd.org/health/statistics
Migration	Employment
Ongoing Projects » Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children: Switzerland Statistics » www.oecd.org/els/migration/statistics » “International Migrants in Developed, Emerging and Developing Countries: An Extended Profile”	Ongoing Projects » Labour Market Resilience (For more information: Alexander Hijzen) » Displaced Workers (For more information, Danielle Venn) » Ageing and employment (For more information: Anne Sonnet) Statistics » www.oecd.org/els/employment/data » Harmonised Unemployment Rates

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