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New Ways of addressing Partial Work Capacity

02-May-2007

The ongoing thematic review on sickness and disability policies suggests that the way countries are dealing with people with a partially-reduced work capacity is changing. The purpose of this paper is to document these policy initiatives.

Nouvelles approches concernant la capacité de travail partielle

02-May-2007

D’après l’examen thématique en cours des politiques de maladie et invalidité, les solutions apportées en cas de capacité de travail partiellement réduite sont en train d’évoluer. Ce document passe en revue ces nouvelles initiatives.

A new one-stop shop for OECD work on gender: www.oecd.org/gender

08-Mar-2007

The new OECD website on gender presents recent and ongoing projects aimed at improving gender policy across a wide variety of areas in OECD countries and beyond. It also features "Women and Men in OECD Countries", a brochure presenting interesting facts and figures on gender issues.

The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries

01-Mar-2007

Despite the fact that today’s young cohorts are smaller in number and better educated than their older counterparts, high youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many OECD countries. The paper highlights the contrasting trends in youth labour market performance over the past decade using a wide range of indicators. It also presents new evidence on i) the length of transitions from school to work; and ii) the degree to which temporary jobs serve as either traps for young people or stepping-stones to good careers.

Interview by John P. Martin at Eurasylum on "Current migration trends in OECD Countries"

26-Feb-2007

Current immigration trends in OECD countries, the role of remittances in developing countries and the integration of immigrants and their children in OECD countries are among the themes which Mr. Martin will be considering.

The labour market integration of immigrants and their children (OECD country reviews)

26-Feb-2007

The OECD is currently carrying out country studies on the labour market integration of immigrants and their children (the second generation). Studies for Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden are alreay available on line.

The new version of Social Expenditure Database (SOCX 2007) is available, with gross spending figures from 1980 to 2003 and net spending figures for 2003

23-Feb-2007

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 private social expenditure, from 1980 to 2003 for 30 OECD countries. This version also includes for the first time estimates of net total social spending for 2003 for 24 OECD countries.

Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators - Edition 2007

23-Feb-2007

The last edition of Society at a Glance has been published in February 2007. This is a compendium of data comparable over time and across countries on issues ranging from income and employment to life expectancy and fertility, public spending on social welfare and health and indicators of ‘life satisfaction’.

Belgium “could do better” on school-to-work transition, says the OECD

16-Feb-2007

According to a new report by the OECD, Belgium should do more to help young people get their working life off to a good start. The unemployment rate for 15 to 24 year olds was about 20 per cent in  2005, i.e. almost identical to 10 years ago and around seven percentage points higher than the OECD average.




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