Babies and Bosses - Reconciling Work and Family Life: A Synthesis of Findings for OECD Countries

Based on OECD-wide indicators, this Babies and Bosses synthesis examines tax/benefit policies, parental leave systems, child and out-of-school-hours care support, and workplace practices that help determine parental labour market outcomes and family formation across the OECD.

Policy Brief: Closing the Pensions Gap: The Role of Private Pensions

Have you chosen the best pension scheme for you? And how can you be sure it will provide a secure income when you actually retire? Pension reform has been a key issue for governments in recent years as they grappled with the challenge of ageing populations or unsustainably generous public pension systems. Raising retirement ages and keeping older workers in jobs is only part of the solution – the bottom line is that as people are

Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 61)

Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea Labour market duality grew with "non-regular" work. Social concern led to the Act on the Protection of Fixed term and Part time Employees.

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Policy Brief: Pension Reform: The Unfinished Agenda

Reforming pensions has loomed large over the policy agenda of OECD countries for several years as governments grappled with the challenge of ageing populations or unsustainably generous systems. It is often said in the United States that reforming public pensions is the “third rail” of politics: touch it and you die, but the phrase could well apply to all OECD countries. Pensions involve decisions for the long term, but most

Active labour market policies and activation strategies

Active Labour Market Policies to help unemployed people back to work include job placement services, unemployment benefits, and labour market programmes such as training and job creation.

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Policy Brief: Globalisation, Jobs and Wages

Open trade and investment policies can be a powerful force for raising living standards. Economists have long emphasised this point and it is confirmed by much research. For example, the OECD’s Growth Study estimated that a 10 percentage point increase in trade openness translates over time into an increase of around 4% in per capita income in the OECD area. The recent dynamism of China and India demonstrates how trade and investment

The OECD Jobs for Youth review

To help countries improve school-to-work transitions, OECD has launched a new project on Jobs for Youth.

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This working paper assesses the most recent evidence on trends in disability among the population aged 65 and over in 12 OECD countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Facing the Future: Korea's Family, Pension and Health Policy Challenges

This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.

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