News & Events

Paying for the Past, Providing For The Future: Intergenerational Solidarity

09-May-2011

At a meeting in Paris on 2-3 May 2011, Ministers exchanged views on social policy strategies to balance the needs of different generations, the fiscal and social impact of pension reforms, and caring for children, adults with long-term health conditions and /or disabilities, and for an increasing number of vulnerable older persons.

Society : Safeguard social support for poorest families, says OECD’s Gurría

27-Apr-2011

Poverty in households with children is rising in nearly all OECD countries. Governments should ensure that family support policies protect the most vulnerable, according to the OECD’s first-ever report on family well-being.

Who’s busiest: working hours and household chores across OECD

12-Apr-2011

Mexicans work longer days than anyone else in OECD countries, devoting 10 hours to paid and unpaid work, such as cleaning or cooking at home. Belgians work the least, at 7 hours, compared to an OECD average of 8 hours a day.

Tax-Benefit calculator, out-of-work replacement rates and country specific files for 2009

23-Mar-2011

Statistics, country specific files and tax-benefit models and calculator, which provide detailed descriptions of all cash benefits available to those in and out of work as well as the taxes they were liable to pay in 32 OECD countries from 2001 to 2009.

Cooking, Caring and Volunteering: Unpaid Work Around the World

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.

LEED projects you can join in 2011-2012

26-Jan-2011

LEED has a new programme of work for 2011-2012. Have a look to see what can be useful to your organisation and contact the OECD Secretariat for more information.

Economy: OECD Economic Survey Sweden 2011

23-Jan-2011

OECD Economic Survey of Sweden 2011
After the onset of the crisis, unemployment in Sweden increased markedly, though much less than expected. The challenge going forward is to ensure that high unemployment does not become entrenched or leads to withdrawals from the labour force.

Annual Meeting of the Public Employment and Management Working Party

In the context of a fragile economic recovery, this meeting focused on strengthening the efficiency of the public service by restructuring the government workforce and adjusting the compensation of public employees.

Seminar on Naturalisation and the Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants and their Children

from 14-Oct-2010 to 15-Oct-2010

A Seminar jointly organised by the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD and the European Commission under the Belgian presidency of the European Union took place in Brussels on the 14 and 15 October 2010.

IZA/OECD Workshop on Economic Crisis, Rising Unemployment and Policy Responses: What Does It Mean for the Income Distribution?

from 08-Feb-2010 to 09-Feb-2010

Macro-level changes can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the individual and household levels. This is becoming starkly evident following the onset of the current severe global economic downturn. Identification of appropriate policy responses that aim at supporting vulnerable groups are hampered by how little is known about the likely distribution of changes in (un)employment and market income...

Building a Stronger and Fairer Public Service by Fostering Diversity

on 01-Oct-2009

Workforce diversity contributes to a stronger and fairer public service that is better equiped to understand and meet public expectations. Experts from OECD countries discussed the challenges and innovative practices in fostering diversity at a meeting at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

High-Level Policy Forum on Migration

During the first-ever OECD High-Level Policy Forum on Migration (Paris, 29-30 June 2009), ministers and senior officials in charge of migration and integration issues discussed the impact of the current economic crisis on international migration, management of labour migration movements and labour market integration of immigrants and their children.

Presentation of the OECD Report "Growing Unequal?: Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries"

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).

Seminar on the integration of immigrants into the labour market

on 15-Jun-2007

A seminar on the integration of immigrants into the labour market, jointly organised by the Portuguese Authorities and the OECD took place in Lisbon on 15 June 2007.

Seminar on the Life Risks, Life Course and Social Policy

from 31-May-2007 to 01-Jun-2007

Identify how social and economic goals can best be achieved, for example by policy interventions at certain critical "transition points" or by redistribution of income from one point in the life course to another. How assess the best way of financing social policies across the life course. These issues were discussed by a range of experts and policy makers at a seminar held on Thursday 31 May - Friday 1st June 2007 in Paris.