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07-Mar-2006
The third edition of "Health at a Glance - OECD Indicators 2005" provides the latest comparable data and trends on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.
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07-Mar-2006
When the cohorts of the baby-boom generation will reach the oldest age groups over the next three decades, demand for long-term care will rise steeply. How do governments in OECD countries respond to this growing demand?
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13-Feb-2006
In an era of rapid population ageing, many employment and social policies, practices and attitudes that discourage work at an older age have passed their sell-by date and need to be overhauled. This publication makes an important contribution to establishing a new agenda of age-friendly employment policies and practices. It draws out the main lessons that have emerged from the 21 country reviews which have been published separately under the OECD’s series on “Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l’emploi”.
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07-Feb-2006
Why is it so difficult to get the international picture right with respect to the extent of migration flows? This Brief, which deals only with legal migration, as measured in the statistics of the receiving countries, explains the reasons and proposes some practical steps that could be taken to improve the situation.
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20-Jan-2006
Presentation at the University of Antwerp on 16 January 2006 of a paper on childcare policies which play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks.
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17-Jan-2006
The second issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the challenge of encouraging people to work longer as life expectancy increases, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum in Brussels.
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25-Nov-2005
This publication presents the current situation with regard to the magnitude of migrants’ remittances to their countries of origin. In 2004, remittances exceeded official development aid in several emigration countries: they totalled USD 126 billion according to IMF estimates. Can remittances stimulate productive investments in the countries of origin? Can they spur economic and social development?
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18-Nov-2005
To sustain a high rate of GDP growth over the medium term, Chile needs to improve the functioning of its labour market. Chapter 5 of the "Economic Survey of Chile 2005" discusses options for reform in this area. The 2003 Survey found that Chile had greater potential for increasing labour supply than most OECD economies, having a relatively young population and low employment/population ratios for women and youths.
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16-Nov-2005
One of the key institutional outcomes of China’s economic reforms has been to create a new role for employers that is separate from the state, and allows enterprises to concentrate on their business. To protect workers, the government has set up public institutions for many social and administrative functions that until recently pertained to work units (danwei), or did not exist. This paper focuses on three such functions for which the 1994 Labour Law makes the government responsible: employment services, labour inspection and social insurance.
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08-Nov-2005
This working paper No. 29 contains information on net (after tax) public and private social expenditure for 2001, a more comprehensive measure of social support. After accounting for the impact of taxation, social expenditure to GDP ratios appear similar in Australia, Denmark, United Kingdom and the United States; they are highest in France, Germany and Sweden.
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