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13-August-2009
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Key findings for Korea include life satisfaction, divorce, GDP per capita, social spending, old-age replacement rates and voting.
13-August-2009
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Society at a Glance - Asia/Pacific Edition 2009 looks at social trends and policy developments in Asia-Pacific countries, using indicators similar to those in OECD’s recently published Society at a Glance 2009 (focused on OECD economies).
7-May-2009
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4-May-2009
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Height, Sleep, Gender differences in leisure, Life expectancy, Retirement age, Suicides, etc. Society at a Glance 2009 also provides a special chapter examines leisure time across the OECD.
7-April-2009
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Country Notes from OECD Economic Policy Reforms: Going for growth 2011 presenting OECD recommendations for structural reform priorities for individual countries.
3-March-2009
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24-February-2009
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Increasing productivity growth in the service sector, which accounts for 67% of employment and 58% of value added in Korea, is essential to sustain high potential growth.
24-February-2009
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The age of retirement of employees should be raised by eliminating mandatory retirement and phasing out the retirement allowance. Active labour market policies should focus on policies to expand human capital rather than wage subsidies.
27-February-2007
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This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.
13-February-2007
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This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2006 priorities for Korea.
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