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10-Dec-2008
Does the steep rise in disability benefit receipt for mental illness in many OECD countries reflect on overall increase in mental health problems in the working-age population? How does working and job stress affect mental health? Chapter 4 of the OECD Employment Outlook 2008 analyses issues related to work and health.
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25-Nov-2008
The OECD area economy has entered recession and labour market conditions are rapidly deteriorating in many countries, according to the latest issue of the OECD Economic Outlook (No. 84). OECD projections indicate that the average unemployment rate in the OECD area may reach 6.3% in the last quarter of 2008, from 5.5% a year earlier ...
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18-Nov-2008
In this edition: Global Forum on Migration and Development; Gender Motion Charts; International Workshop "Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Progress in Gender Equality".
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06-Nov-2008
In the presence of the French Minister of State for Cooperation and Francophony, Jeff Dayton-Johnson of the Development Centre reminded participants at an international seminar of the importance of greater co-ordination between migration and development policies – in order to meet more effectively both sets of policy goals.
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29-Oct-2008
This paper (Health Working Paper No. 39) describes pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Germany, considering them in the broader environment in which they operate, and assesses their impact on the achievement of a number of policy goals.
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29-Oct-2008
This report (Health Working Paper No. 40) examines the role played by immigrant health workers in the Canadian health workforce as well as the interactions between migration policies and education and health workforce management policies.
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29-Oct-2008
This paper (Health Working Paper No. 38) describes the migration of health workers to the U.K. until 2006 and potential future health expenditure.
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Greater international cooperation needed to address looming shortages of doctors and nurses, says OECD
22-Oct-2008
OECD countries should adopt a comprehensive approach to the looming shortage of health workers, reinforce international cooperation and better monitor health workforce policies and international migration of doctors and nurses, according to a new OECD report.
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Income inequality and poverty rising in most OECD countries
21-Oct-2008
Income gaps have widened over the past two decades in three-fourths of OECD countries. In today’s changing world economy, that means ever more people at risk of being left behind. According to Secretary-General Angel Gurria, “Ensuring growth for all, not just the rich, is the task we must set for ourselves.” Governments need not sit on the sidelines: they should respond to income inequality with policies that help lift people up.
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