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The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: What are the Factors Influencing Variations across Countries?

22-Dec-2008

This paper (Health Working Paper No. 41) provides a descriptive analysis of the remuneration of doctors in 14 OECD countries for which reasonably comparable data were available in OECD Health Data 2007 (Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States).

Japan could do more to help young people find stable jobs

18-Dec-2008

Young people in Japan are finding it increasingly hard to get permanent jobs and the Japanese authorities should expand vocational training schemes and increase social security coverage for young non-regular workers in order to help them.

Internet update for OECD Health Data 2008 available now

18-Dec-2008

The Internet update for OECD Health Data 2008 has just been released. Go to the OECD Health Data Update page to download the file and access data updates, along with a fully revised hypertext for Definitions, Sources and Methods.

Sixth issue of Health Update

16-Dec-2008

This issue highlights the new report Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies in a Global Market, as well as the WHO-OECD Dialogue on Migration and the Health Workforce, addressing pressures on long-term care systems, health and the environment, mental health and the workplace, and other key health-related projects throughout the OECD.

ELSA Seminar Series

10-Dec-2008

The OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate has launched in September 2008 a series of seminars open to both external and internal speakers. It is intended to be an informal forum for discussion of policy-oriented empirical research work among policy-makers, academics and OECD staff.

Are all jobs good for your health? The impact of work status and working conditions on mental health.

10-Dec-2008

Does the steep rise in disability benefit receipt for mental illness in many OECD countries reflect on overall increase in mental health problems in the working-age population? How does working and job stress affect mental health? Chapter 4 of the OECD Employment Outlook 2008  analyses issues related to work and health.

Impact of the economic crisis on employment and unemployment in the OECD countries

25-Nov-2008

The OECD area economy has entered recession and labour market conditions are rapidly deteriorating in many countries, according to the latest issue of the OECD Economic Outlook  (No. 84). OECD projections indicate that the average unemployment rate in the OECD area may reach 6.3% in the last quarter of 2008, from 5.5% a year earlier ...

Helping immigrants and their children find work should be a priority, says OECD

17-Nov-2008

Immigrants in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal are more likely to be unemployed or doing a job for which they are overqualified than people born in that country. Their children, even if born in the country and having left school with qualifications, also find it hard to find work, according to a new OECD report.

Jobs for Immigrants Vol. 2: Labour Market Integration in Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Portugal

17-Nov-2008

This publication reviews the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four OECD countries - Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Portugal.  The viability of future migration policies, in particular greater recourse to immigration, will depend to a large extent on how successful OECD countries and immigrants are in achieving the objective of successful integration in the labour market.

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Germany

29-Oct-2008

This paper (Health Working Paper No. 39) describes pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Germany, considering them in the broader environment in which they operate, and assesses their impact on the achievement of a number of policy goals.




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