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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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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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18-Oct-2004
This volume contains a selection of the policy studies constituting the OECD Health Project, including: an assessment of the experience with health-system reforms across the OECD area; an investigation of recent attempts to monitor and improve quality of care in OECD countries; an analysis of equity in use of health-care services; a study of imbalances in the supply and demand for doctors and nurses; a comparison of policies to tackle excessive waiting times for elective surgery; an evaluation of the impact of different types of private health insurance on health-system performance; and new projections on the impact of ageing on health and long-term care expenditure.
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29-Sep-2004
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 mandatory private social expenditure at programme level, from 1980 to 2001 for 30 OECD countries.
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01-Jun-2004
Find here more information on the OECD Health Project and its component studies: quality of care, equity of access to care, human resources for health care, private health insurance, waiting times, emerging technologies, health system reforms, long-term care. The OECD Health Project commenced in 2001 and culminated with a Meeting of OECD Health Ministers on 13-14 May 2004, when the final report "Towards High-Performing Health Systems" was released. Health Working Papers on Health Reforms, Private Health Insurance, Waiting Times, and Equity of Access to care have been published.
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26-May-2004
by Sheila B. Kamerman, Michelle Neuman, Jane Waldfogel and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Child development and child well-being are major concerns in many OECD countries and are the subject of ongoing work at the OECD. These concerns have led to a search for policies to offset poverty, deprivation, vulnerability, and the risk factors that can trigger a lifelong cycle of disadvantage.
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03-May-2004
How does the United States compare with other countries?
Presentation by Peter Whiteford, 27 April 2004, 2004 Global Conference of the Human Resource Planning Society, Phoenix, Arizona
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