Media Briefing: Life-expectancy links

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10-Oct-2007

Edward Whitehouse

Two-thirds of pension reforms in OECD countries in the last 15 years contain measures that will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy.

Media Briefing: Private Pensions - A Growing Role

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07-Jun-2007

Private pensions play an important and growing role in providing for old age in OECD countries.

Media Briefing: Pension reforms - Early birds and laggards

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07-Jun-2007

Reforming pensions has loomed large over the policy agenda of OECD countries.

Main OECD Social Policy Activities in 2006-2007

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09-Oct-2005

The role of the OECD work on social policy is to identify policies which help individuals achieve their potential and which at the same time make societies and economies work more effectively.  

Ageing Societies and the Looming Pension Crisis

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14-May-2004

The challenge of ageing populations has countries seeking new ways to finance retirement plans. OECD research suggests implementing a range of reforms, from changing workplace practices and labor policies ...

OECD Observer Article - Can we afford to grow old?

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01-Jun-1998

The demographic changes wrought by ageing - as comparatively youthful working-age populations give way to proportionally smaller, older workforces with a higher proportion of retired elderly - have made ...

OECD Observer Article - The policy challenge of ageing populations

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01-Jun-1998

People in OECD countries are increasingly prosperous and better educated; they lead longer and healthier lives and have more leisure, especially in retirement. Demographic trends - the baby-boom generation ...

OECD Observer Article - The impact of aging on public policy

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01-Dec-1996

The assumptions about the composition of society which under-lie much public policy have been undermined by a trend towards older populations and by changes in living patterns. The repercussions are likely to be substantial.

December 2008

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