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Health Care Quality Indicators Project - 2006 data collection update report: A new OECD Health Working Paper

05-Oct-2007

The OECD has released an OECD Health Working Paper (No. 29) from the Health Care Quality Indicators Project. This report is an update to the OECD Health Working Paper No. 22, and reports on the results of a second round of data collection.

OECD Employment Outlook 2007

04-Sep-2007

The 2007 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook has been released in June. It addresses labour markets in the BRICs; the impact of labour market policies on productivity; the vulnerability of workers in the global economy; the financing of social protection; anf the way countries activate the unemployed.

Data on Labour Markets in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China): five excel tables

02-Aug-2007

How are wage inequalities and poverty evolving? How quickly is the human capital available in the BRICs catching up with the OECD?

OECD population pyramids in 2000 and 2050

02-Aug-2007

Populations are ageing: these pyramids show populations by age group, gender, in 2000 and 2050, in percentage of total population in each group, for all OECD countries.

OECD Labour Force Statistics: 1985-2005 (2006 Edition)

02-Aug-2007

This annual publication provides detailed statistics on population, labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, as well as unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector of activity and part-time employment. It also contains participation and unemployment rates by gender and detailed age groups as well as comparative tables for the main components of the labour force.

Employment policy related websites

02-Aug-2007

List of official employment policy related websites of the OECD member countries.

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Sweden: A new OECD Health Working Paper

26-Jul-2007

The OECD has released a new OECD Health Working Paper from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Sweden, in the context of the broader policy and market environment.

Sickness, Disability and Work - Breaking the Barriers (Vol. 1): Norway, Poland and Switzerland

24-Jul-2007

Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems, and yet too many people with a disabling condition are denied the opportunity to work. This publication is the first in a series of three comparative reports on sickness and disability policies in selected OECD countries.

OECD Health Data:  specialists outnumber GPs in most OECD countries

18-Jul-2007

The medical profession is a growth industry:  OECD Health Data 2007 shows that the number of doctors in OECD countries has increased by 35% over the past fifteen years to 2.8 million. In most countries, this growth was driven largely by rising numbers of specialists – up nearly 50% between 1990 and 2005 - compared with the 20% increase in general practitioners (GPs).

OUR ANNUAL REPORT: The OECD Employment Outlook

05-Jul-2007

The OECD Employment Outlook is released every year in June. It provides in-depth analysis of various labour market issues. In 2007: labour markets in the BRICs; the impact of labour market policies on productivity; the vulnerability of workers in the global economy; the financing of social protection; and the way countries activate the unemployed.




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