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Exploring determinants of subjective wellbeing in OECD countries – evidence from the World Value Survey

03-Jan-2012

The paper explores issues with assessing wellbeing in OECD countries based on self-reported life satisfaction surveys in a pooled regression over time and countries, at the country level and the OECD average. The results, which are in line with previous studies of subjective wellbeing, show that, apart from income, the state of health, not being unemployed, and social relationships are particularly important for wellbeing with only some differences across countries.

Reassessing the NAIRUs after the crisis

02-Jan-2012

The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD. This paper shows that this increase has reversed the reduction in structural unemployment which has been estimated to have occurred in most OECD countries since the late 1990s.

Russia: progress in structural reform and framework conditions

02-Jan-2012

In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation, provides a summary tabulation of the state of implementation of a large number of these past Survey recommendations.

Informal workshop on public pensions sustainability

23-Dec-2011

The effective retirement age is a crucial determinant of the sustainability of pension systems. Disability pension is becoming a more important exit from the labour market as more general early retirement options are closed. This workshop deals with two major issues: 1) Introducing the economic dependency ratio as a pension system sustainability indicator; and 2) Understanding the way into disability: The case of Austria. Finally a social partner consensus is presented.




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