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28-Feb-2005
International conference co-organised by the OECD and the Swedish Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
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18-Oct-2004
Deregulating labour markets – for example making it easier for firms to hire and fire employees – is at the heart of the employment debate in many OECD countries.
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01-Mar-2005
"Extending Opportunities: How active social policy can benefit us all ?" Social ministers from OECD countries will meet in Paris on 31 March – 1 April, 2005 to discuss how social policies can help individuals and families achieve their potential and support economic growth.
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07-Jan-2005
This report forms part of the 2004 OECD Information Technology Outlook. Two new measures of ICT-skilled employment are constructed, one of ICT specialists and one which includes basic and advanced ICT users and ICT specialists, and calculates the share of such employment in the economy and by sector. The link with productivity is examined, and the report also looks at the various ways in which ICT skills needs can be satisfied, namely through education, training, outsourcing and immigration. The role of Internet recruitment is also analysed.
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07-Dec-2004
The publication presents an overview of bilateral agreements and other forms of labour recruitment of forigners in a number of OECD countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States) and in the Philippines and Romania.
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07-Dec-2004
Cette publication dresse un panorama des accords bilatéraux et des autres formes de recrutement de main-d'œuvre étrangère dans un certain nombre de pays de l'OCDE (Allemagne, États-Unis, France, Irlande, Italie, Pologne, République tchèque, Royaume-Uni et Suisse) ainsi qu'aux Philippines et en Roumanie.
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07-Dec-2004
Did you know that while poverty reduction is the primary aim of social assistance schemes, in the majority of OECD countries benefits of last resort are generally set below commonly-used poverty thresholds? Or that in several countries, above-average wages may be required to escape poverty?
To find out more, the most recent edition of the Benefits and Wages series provides a comprehensive overview of the design and functioning of taxes and social benefits as well as recent policy developments in this area.
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19-Oct-2004
The amount of time people spend at work is a key element in several economic and social challenges facing industrial countries, notably those associated with population ageing..
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18-Oct-2004
This volume contains a selection of the policy studies constituting the OECD Health Project, including: an assessment of the experience with health-system reforms across the OECD area; an investigation of recent attempts to monitor and improve quality of care in OECD countries; an analysis of equity in use of health-care services; a study of imbalances in the supply and demand for doctors and nurses; a comparison of policies to tackle excessive waiting times for elective surgery; an evaluation of the impact of different types of private health insurance on health-system performance; and new projections on the impact of ageing on health and long-term care expenditure.
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29-Sep-2004
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory private social expenditure at programme level, from 1980 to 2001 for 30 OECD countries.
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