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Long-term Care for Older People - The OECD Health Project

07-Mar-2006

When the cohorts of the baby-boom generation will reach the oldest age groups over the next three decades, demand for long-term care will rise steeply. How do governments in OECD countries respond to this growing demand?

Ageing and Employment Policies

13-Feb-2006

In an era of rapid population ageing, many employment and social policies, practices and attitudes that discourage work at an older age have passed their sell-by date and need to be overhauled. This publication makes an important contribution to establishing a new agenda of age-friendly employment policies and practices. It draws out the main lessons that have emerged from the 21 country reviews which have been published separately under the OECD’s series on “Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l’emploi”.

“Can Parents Afford to Work?” Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives

20-Jan-2006

Presentation at the University of Antwerp on 16 January 2006 of a paper on childcare policies which play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks.

Older workers: Living longer, working longer -- Second issue of the Directorate's Newsletter

17-Jan-2006

The second issue of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Newsletter is now available. It focuses on the challenge of encouraging people to work longer as life expectancy increases, the topic of a recent high-level policy forum in Brussels.

Making better use of labour resources in Chile

18-Nov-2005

To sustain a high rate of GDP growth over the medium term, Chile needs to improve the functioning of its labour market. Chapter 5 of the "Economic Survey of Chile 2005" discusses options for reform in this area. The 2003 Survey found that Chile had greater potential for increasing labour supply than most OECD economies, having a relatively young population and low employment/population ratios for women and youths.

Labour protection in China: Challenges facing Labour Offices and Social insurance

16-Nov-2005

One of the key institutional outcomes of China’s economic reforms has been to create a new role for employers that is separate from the state, and allows enterprises to concentrate on their business. To protect workers, the government has set up public institutions for many social and administrative functions that until recently pertained to work units (danwei), or did not exist. This paper focuses on three such functions for which the 1994 Labour Law makes the government responsible: employment services, labour inspection and social insurance.

Net Social Expenditure, 2005 Edition - More comprehensive measures of social support (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 29)

08-Nov-2005

This working paper No. 29 contains information on net (after tax) public and private social expenditure for 2001, a more comprehensive measure of social support. After accounting for the impact of taxation, social expenditure to GDP ratios appear similar in Australia, Denmark, United Kingdom and the United States; they are highest in France, Germany and Sweden.

OECD opens in Seoul, Korea, its Regional Centre on Health & Social Policy

23-Sep-2005

The purpose of the Centre, which opened on 9 September in Seoul, is to promote policy dialogue between OECD and non-member economies and to provide capacity-building assistance to the non-OECD Asian economies by information-sharing and policy analysis.

Trends and Determinants of Fertility Rates: The Role of Policies (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No 27)

09-Sep-2005

This report tries to explain observed changes in fertility rates across OECD countries, with an emphasis on socio-economic considerations. It aims to extend the understanding of fertility-related behaviours in different ways: by explaining recent developments in fertility rates and their relationships to other social drivers; by developing and testing new and expanded models to explain the cross-country variation in fertility rates due to labour markets, social and fiscal policies, and individual characteristics.

Launch of a new thematic review

31-Aug-2005

A new thematic review on "Reforming Sickness and Disability Policies to Improve Work Incentives" has been launched. Its goal is to reach a better understanding of the mechanisms and policies that lead a person with a health problem to withdraw from the labour market. It examines national policies to control and reduce the inflow into sickness and disability benefit programmes, and to assist those beneficiaries who want to reintegrate the labour market. The first round of the review, covering Norway, Poland and Switzerland, has started in June 2005.




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