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19-Oct-2011
The Family database (www.oecd.org/social/family/database) now includes 60 indicators with cross-national information on family outcomes and policies as categorised under 4 broad headings: the structure of families, families and children, the labour market position of families, public policies for families and children, and child outcomes. If you would like to be informed when the database is updated regularly, please click here.
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26-Sep-2011
As the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meet today, we, the Heads of the International Labour Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, wish to express our concern over the seriousness of the jobs crisis. 200 million people are out of work worldwide, close to the peak recorded at the depth of the Great Recession.
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07-Jun-2011
The Interim Report on the Gender Initiative: Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship was presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the OECD Council at the Ministerial Level in May 2011.
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09-May-2011
At a meeting in Paris on 2-3 May 2011, Ministers exchanged views on social policy strategies to balance the needs of different generations, the fiscal and social impact of pension reforms, and caring for children, adults with long-term health conditions and /or disabilities, and for an increasing number of vulnerable older persons.
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10-Nov-2010
This new book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both shaping and addressing these inequalities. It includes the papers presented at the joint OECD and European Union High-Level Conference on Inequalities in Emerging Economies held in Paris in May 2010. This work is part of OECD’s ongoing dialogue and co-operation with non-member economies around the world.
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29-Oct-2010
Gross public social expenditure on average across OECD increased from 16% of GDP in 1980 to 19% in 2007, of which public pensions (7% of GDP) and public health expenditure (6% of GDP) are the largest items. After accounting for the impact of taxation and private benefits, social expenditure (1) amounts to over 30% of GDP at factor cost in France and Belgium and (2) ranges within a few percentage points of each other in Austria, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA.
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30-Jul-2010
France 24 TV programme including an interview with Willem Adema, Senior Economist, OECD Social Policy Division.
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11-Jun-2010
This paper presents a detailed analysis of changes in both poverty and inequality since the fall of Apartheid, and the potential drivers of such developments. Data show that South Africa’s high aggregate level of income inequality increased between 1993 and 2008. The same is true of inequality within each of South Africa’s four major racial groups. More on www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality.
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14-Apr-2010
This page presents 7 key indicators linked to the pensions debate in France and abroad: number of workers per retiree, public spending, legal and effective retirement age, older workers’ employment rate, estimated years in retirement, replacement rates, share of retirement income.
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04-Mar-2010
This gender brief gives a detailed overview of gender differences in OECD countries on main employment and social issues: women in OECD countries earn 18% less than men, only about one-third of managerial posts are held by a woman, many more women work in part-time jobs than men...
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Events
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from 08-Feb-2010 to 09-Feb-2010
Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the individual and household levels. This is becoming starkly evident following the onset of the current severe global economic downturn. Identification of appropriate policy responses that aim at supporting vulnerable groups are hampered by how little is known about the likely distribution of changes in (un)employment and market income...
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on 21-Oct-2008
This OECD report, analyzing long-term trends in income distribution and poverty in OECD countries, will be presented at the OECD Conference Centre on 21 October 2008, by Angel Gurría (OECD Secretary‐General), Martin Hirsch (Haut Commissaire aux Solidarités Actives contre la Pauvreté, France), and Professor Sir Anthony Atkinson (Research Professor, Nuffield College, Oxford University).
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from 31-May-2007 to 01-Jun-2007
Identify how social and economic goals can best be achieved, for example by policy interventions at certain critical "transition points" or by redistribution of income from one point in the life course to another. How assess the best way of financing social policies across the life course. These issues were discussed by a range of experts and policy makers at a seminar held on Thursday 31 May - Friday 1st June 2007 in Paris.
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on 06-May-2007
The world's population is ageing, and it's forcing us to make some tough choices about how we pay for our collective old age. Monika Queisser, OECD Senior Economist, was invited by Barry Thorne, to take part into the debate of the ageing population-themed edition of Amsterdam Forum (Copyright: www.radionetherlands.nl)
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