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Ask the economists: Globalisation - hope or threat?

26-Jun-2007

Read the questions and answers from this online debate with Raymond Torres, head of the OECD's Employment division.

The International Migration Outlook - Edition 2007

25-Jun-2007

The International Migration Outlook has been published in June 2007. International migration has jumped up the policy agenda in OECD countries. This annual publication analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries.

International migration to OECD countries continues to grow in response to labour needs

25-Jun-2007

Migration to OECD countries continues to rise, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual report on migration movements and policies, International Migration Outlook 2007. About four million new immigrants entered OECD countries on a permanent basis in 2005, an increase of 10% from 2004.

Jobs for Immigrants (vol. 1): Labour Market Integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

21-Jun-2007

This publication presents reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden), provides country-specific recommendations and a synthesis report.

The minimum wage: Making it pay by John Martin and and Herwig Immervoll

21-Jun-2007

Minimum wages are hotly debated as ways of improving equity and boosting the wages of lower skilled workers. All OECD countries apply some kind of wage floor. Do they achieve their goals?

Governments must do more to help workers adapt to new global economy, says OECD

19-Jun-2007

Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.

Facing the Future: Korea's Family, Pension and Health Policy Challenges

19-Jun-2007

This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.

People will need to save more as reforms cut pension promises, says OECD

07-Jun-2007

People in OECD countries will have to save more for their retirement as a result of the major pensions reforms carried out in recent years, according to a new OECD report. The average pension promise in 16 OECD countries studied was cut by 22%. For women, the reduction was 25%.

Third issue of Health Update

11-May-2007

The May 2007 issue of the newsletter on OECD health-related activities covers, among several other items, health systems' efficiency, pharmaceutical pricing policies, health accounting, medical malpractice, medicines for neglected diseases and environmental and health policies.

Spain "needs to do more" to reduce youth unemployment and precariousness, says the OECD

10-May-2007

Spain has made significant progress over the past decade in improving employment prospects of young people, but there is still much to be done to improve the regulations that affect young people’s chances of  finding jobs, according to a new OECD report.




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