How Expensive is the Welfare State? Gross and Net Indicators in the OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 92)

This paper presents information on trends and composition of social expenditure across the OECD. This paper also accounts for the effects of the tax system and private social expenditure.

Related Documents

• Society at a Glance 2009 - OECD Social Indicators

Should Pension Systems Recognise "Hazardous and Arduous Work"? (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 91)

Special pensions for workers in hazardous or arduous jobs have long been a feature of the pension landscape and, recently, they are the subject of a great deal of debate. This paper discusses the incidence, structure and justification of these special pension schemes in OECD countries.

Related Documents

• Pensions at a Glance 2009: Retirement-Income Systems in OECD Countries

Towards a Framework for Assessing Family Policies in the EU (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 88)

This report presents the results of a first attempt to create a framework for assessing the performance of national family policies. The report is part of a joint EU and OECD project, which aims to help the EU Government Expert Group on Demographic Issues in evaluating national family policies.

Related Documents

• OECD Family database

Inequality, Poverty and Social Policy: Recent Trends in Chile (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 85)

This report aims to outline the main trends in income distribution and poverty in Chile, as well as the role of social policy in these areas.

Related Documents

• OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Chile

Work, Jobs and Well-being across the Millennium (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 83)

This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. Following a substantial fall between 1989 and 1997, subjective measures of job quality have mostly bounced back between 1997 and 2005...

Related Documents

• OECD Employment Outlook 2008
• Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators - 2006 Edition

A good time for making work pay? Taking stock of in-work benefits and related measures across the OECD (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 81)

This paper discusses the rationale for in-work benefits, summarises the main design features of programmes operated in OECD countries, and provides an update of what is known about their effectiveness in terms of reducing inequalities and creating employment…

Related Documents

• Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators

Activation policies in Norway (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 78, 2009)

Over the past years, labour market conditions in Norway have been better than elsewhere in the OECD area, reflecting strong economic and productivity growth. But the the labour market is now affected by the global financial and economic crisis and the significant decline in oil and gas prices.

Activation Policies in Ireland (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 75, 2009)

This working paper examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of the activation strategies in Ireland.

An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 76)

This paper presents an evaluation of the tax-transfer treatment of married couples in 15 EU countries using the EUROMOD microsimulation model. First, we show that many tax-transfer schemes in Europe feature negative jointness defined ...

Socio-Economics in Mortality - Implications for pensions policy (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers N° 71)

The analyses included in the report show that there are big socio-economic differences in mortality, especially for men, and they appear to have become bigger over time.