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25-May-2005
Efforts to support older persons remaining in their home are key to meet the care needs of ageing populations. Flexibility and choice can help this process. This working paper reviews how countries are implementing choice, including payments for informal care, and clarifies how such arrangements can improve care outcomes, employment and fiscal sustainability.
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18-Mar-2005
Over the past decade, there has been heated debate on the socio-economic consequences of population ageing. The trends are clear. People are living longer and longevity will continue to improve in coming decades, while fertility has declined and is likely to remain below reproduction rates in the predictable future. As a result, the number of elderly people will rise significantly relatively to the number of people of working age.
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28-Feb-2005
International conference co-organised by the OECD and the Swedish Ministry of Education, Research and Culture
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18-Oct-2004
Deregulating labour markets – for example making it easier for firms to hire and fire employees – is at the heart of the employment debate in many OECD countries.
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01-Mar-2005
"Extending Opportunities: How active social policy can benefit us all ?" Social ministers from OECD countries will meet in Paris on 31 March – 1 April, 2005 to discuss how social policies can help individuals and families achieve their potential and support economic growth.
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07-Jan-2005
This report forms part of the 2004 OECD Information Technology Outlook. Two new measures of ICT-skilled employment are constructed, one of ICT specialists and one which includes basic and advanced ICT users and ICT specialists, and calculates the share of such employment in the economy and by sector. The link with productivity is examined, and the report also looks at the various ways in which ICT skills needs can be satisfied, namely through education, training, outsourcing and immigration. The role of Internet recruitment is also analysed.
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16-Dec-2004
Presentation by Johannes Jütting and Elena Corsi on 15th of December at the "Haut Conseil de la Coopération Internationale", Paris. (in French)
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07-Dec-2004
Did you know that while poverty reduction is the primary aim of social assistance schemes, in the majority of OECD countries benefits of last resort are generally set below commonly-used poverty thresholds? Or that in several countries, above-average wages may be required to escape poverty?
To find out more, the most recent edition of the Benefits and Wages series provides a comprehensive overview of the design and functioning of taxes and social benefits as well as recent policy developments in this area.
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03-Nov-2004
The LEED Programme was invited to present this publication in the Forum on 3 November. Longstanding expert and partner, Ray Boshara, presented the main ideas of this topic and some good practices analysed in selected OECD countries. This book is available in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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19-Oct-2004
The amount of time people spend at work is a key element in several economic and social challenges facing industrial countries, notably those associated with population ageing..
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