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13-Dec-2007
Faced with labour shortages and pressures on pension funding due to ageing populations, one in three OECD countries has cut unemployment benefits in the last six years with a view to encouraging unemployed people to find jobs, according to a new OECD report.
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29-Nov-2007
Getting family-friendly policies right will help reduce poverty, promote child development, enhance equity between men and women and stem the fall in birth-rates, according to a new OECD report. Babies and Bosses, Reconciling Work and Family Life compares the different approaches that the 30 OECD countries take to help parents balance their work and family commitments.
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10-Oct-2007
Continuous growth in life expectancy, often at a more rapid rate than forecast, creates financial challenges for retirement-income systems. Most countries have responded with pension reforms to contain rising pension costs. Around two-thirds of reforms will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy.
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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.
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05-Jul-2007
The 2007 edition of Pensions at a Glance has been published in May. It presents a consistent framework for comparing public-pension policies across OECD countries, as well as reliable data. The report provides the basis for not only evaluating existing pension systems, but also designing and implementing future reforms.
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19-Jun-2007
This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.
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07-Jun-2007
People in OECD countries will have to save more for their retirement as a result of the major pensions reforms carried out in recent years, according to a new OECD report. The average pension promise in 16 OECD countries studied was cut by 22%. For women, the reduction was 25%.
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07-May-2007
In his address to G8 Employment and Labour Ministers, Mr. Gurría noted that domestic policies can play a major role in promoting employment opportunities arising from globalisation and reducing adjustment costs.
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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.
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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.
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