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04-Mar-2011
This paper sheds light on the importance of unpaid work across the OECD. The calculations suggest that between one-third and half of all valuable economic activity is not accounted for in the traditional measures of well-being, such as GDP per capita. In all countries, women do more unpaid work than men, although to some degree balanced by the fact that they do less market work.
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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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17-Sep-2009
The current downturn is severely testing the adequacy of unemployment benefit systems as the primary safety net for job-losers and their families. This section of chapter 1 of OECD Employment Outlook 2009 considers the scope and generosity of existing income-support policies and asks whether, and how, support measures should be adapted to deal with the challenges occasioned by a severe recession.
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01-Sep-2009
Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD.
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13-Aug-2009
Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2009 shows that in terms of income inequality in Asia, China stands out with the poorest 10% sharing only 1.6% of national income, while the top 10% on the income scale own almost 35% of the country’s wealth. This special edition of Society at a Glance looks at social trends and policy developments in Asia-Pacific countries.
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04-May-2009
The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. These are some of the insights into the differing ways in which OECD countries use that most fundamental of resources, time, in the latest edition of Society at a Glance.
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13-Dec-2007
Benefits and Wages 2007, the fifth issue of a series of publications previously entitled Benefit Systems and Work Incentives, is now available. This volume provides results for 2005 as well as comparisons with earlier years. All main indicators shown in previous editions are updated accordingly.
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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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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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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’.
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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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