1. Organisations

1.1. International organisations

1.1.1 International organisations - SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIAL SECURITY

• ISSA - the International Social Security Association
• ILO - Social protection
• Social Protection & Labor at World Bank
• NOSOSCO - Nordic Social-Statistical Committee 

1.1.2 International organisations - AGEING

• International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS)

1.1.3 International organisations - DISABILITY

• WHO - International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
• Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network
• European Union, Disability Issues
• United Nations, Persons with Disabilities
• ILO, Disability and Work
• Council of Europe, Integration of People with Disabilities
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Disability 

1.1.4 International organisations - EMPLOYMENT

• ILO - Labour Ministries on-line

1.1.5 International organisations - Statistics

• List of worldwilde Statistical sources

1.1.6 International organisations - OTHER

• UN Statistics Division - Demographic and social statistics
• UN Population Division 
• UN Human Development - Report & Data (UNDP) 
• UN Economic Commission for Europe
• UNECE Gender Statistics Website
• Council of Europe - Directorate General of Social Cohesion
• International Reform Monitor

 

1.2. European organisations / research centres

• EUROSTAT
• Employment and social affairs
• ..... MISSOC
• Employment and social affairs Directorate-General
• European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
• EuReporting
• ESPANET - The Network for European Social Policy Analysis
• European Social Welfare Information Network (ESWIN)
• Welfare Reform and Management of Societal Change (WRAM-SOC, Uni. of Kent, UK)
• EuropeCentrale.org
• European research network on 'Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe' (RECWOWE) 

 

1.3. Asian organisations

• OECD/Korea Policy Centre 
• East Asian Social Policy research network (EASP)

1.4. National organisations

Australia

• Retirement & Aged Care in Australia
• COTA National Seniors (NGO)

Austria

• Austrian Academy of Sciences - Social Sciences
• Institute for Advanced Studies
• Austrian Institute of Economic Research
• Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR-IFS-CIR)
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Austrian Institute for International Affairs

Belgium

• Centre for Social Policy Herman Deleeck (CSB) - University of Antwerp

Canada

• Caledon Institute of Social Policy 

Finland

• National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) STAKES is committed to promoting the well-being and health of people, and to securing equal access for all to high-quality and effective welfare and healthcare services.
• Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT)
  is an applied economic research unit producing research data in support of economic policy decisions and discussion of alternative courses of action.

France

• Sécurité sociale
• Conseil de l'emploi, des revenus et de la cohésion sociale (CERC)
• ... Le bulletin documentaire du CERC
• Observatoire des inégalités

Ageing

Disability

Italy

• European Papers on the New Welfare - the counter-ageing society 

Japan

• National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Netherlands

• Netherlands Economic Institute
  NEI is an independent research and consulting organisation, striving for excellence in its work in the fields of applied economic research, economic consultancy services, technical assistance, training and transfer of knowledge.

United Kingdom

• UK Social Policy Association
• Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy - University of Bath 
  • Disability

    • Realising Potential Website  from Employers' Forum on Disability

 

United States

• MDRC - nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization

Family

• Institute for Child and Family Policy at Columbia University
• The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies

1.5. Organisations in BRICS countries

 

Brazil

 

Russia

• Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR)

India

 

China

 

South Africa

 

2. Government

Australia

• Department of Health and Ageing 
• Department of Family and Community Services
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ( AIHW )
    • Australia's Welfare 2005

Austria

• Federal Ministry for Social Security and Generations
• Federal Ministry for the Economy and Work

Canada

• Human Resources Development Canada

Czech Republic

• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

France

• Ministère des affaires sociales, du travail et de la solidarité
• DRESS - Direction de la Recherche, des Études, de l'Évaluation et des Statistiques
• DISABILITY
• Service Public - Le portail de l'administration française

Germany

• Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security 

Ireland

• Department of Social and Family Affairs

Japan

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Japan Institute of Labour (JIL)

Netherlands

• Ministry of Social Affairs

New Zealand:

• Ministry of Social Development
  • Social Report (latest yearly publication)
• Treasury

Slovak Republic

• Slovakia.org - Government sites

Switzerland

• Federal Office for Social Security (BSV / OFAS / UFAS)

United Kingdom

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Social Security

United States

• Social Security Administration
  • Social Security Programs Throughout the World
• Department of Labor
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics

3. Statistical offices

(see also list of statistical sources above in 1.1.5)

Australia

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Social Trends

Austria

• Statistik Austria
• ... On-line Statistical Yearbook 2002

Canada

• Statistics Canada
  • Historical statistics of Canada 

Czech Republic

• Czech Statistical Office
  • On line Statistical Yearbook 

Denmark

• Statistics Denmark
  • On line Statistical Yearbook

France

• INSEE
• CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique

Germany

• Federal Statistical Office Germany

Italy

• ISTAT
  • Annuario statistico italiano 2005

Ireland

• Central Statistics Office (CSO)
• ... On-line Statistical Yearbook 2002

Japan

• Statistics Burea and Statisics Center
• ... On-line Statistical yearbook

Korea

• Korea National Statistical Office

Mexico

• INEGI - National institute geographic, demographic and economic information of Mexico

Netherlands

• Statistics Netherlands

Norway

• Statistics Norway

New Zealand

• Statistics New Zealand

Portugal

• INE - National Statistical Institute

Sweden

• Statistics Sweden 

Switzerland

• Bundesamt fûr Statistik (BFS) Swiss Statistics    Statistique suisse 
  • Social security   Protection sociale   Soziale Sicherheit  

United Kingdom

• National Statistics
• ... On-line Statistical yearbook
• Social Trends

United States

• US Census Bureau 
  • Statistical Abstract

4. On-line Journals

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• Journal of Economic Literature
  • JEL Classification System
    

France

• Liaisons Sociales
• Actualités sociales hebdomadaires

5. Other links

• Social Policy Virtual Library
• Social Policy, Social Security and Social Work
• International Social Security Association
• A Joint Database of ILO and MZES/Eurodata
• Social Security Web Sites Around the World