Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators

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15-Dec-2008

The project "Benefits and Wages" addresses the complicated interactions of tax and benefit systems for different family types and labour market situations and their impact on household incomes and financial work incentives.

The OECD "Sickness, Disability and Work" project

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01-Feb-2008

The OECD has launched a new country review on "Reforming Sickness and Disability Policies to Improve Work Incentives" in order to examine national policies to control and reduce the inflow into sickness ...

EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace

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23-Oct-2007

Website of the EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace, a joint programme of the European Commission (EC), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO).

Income Distribution and Poverty

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07-Jul-2007

Evidence on income distribution and poverty in OECD countries since the mid-80s, using data that correct for many of the features that limit cross-country and intertemporal comparisons in this field.

Valuation of Environment-Related Health Impacts with a particular focus on children (VERHI)

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19-Mar-2007

The valuation of environment-related health impacts for children (VERHI) project, funded under the FP6 Framework by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research, seeks to build unique empirical surveys and associated data in order to provide sound policy advice.

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.  

Social Policy Related Websites

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24-Apr-2002

 Social Policy Related Websites

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