Social Data

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OECD countries need to modernise social protection systems to meet population ageing and extend opportunities for all. The OECD has developed a range of social indicators to meet these challenges. They are presented in three main databases: database on tax and benefits systems , database on social indicators and database on social expenditure. Datasets on other social policy areas are also available , such as family policies, sickness/disability policies, and policies for the retired or the disadvantaged.

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Encouraging employment - OECD countries balance benefits, wages and taxes

13-Dec-2007

Faced with labour shortages and pressures on pension funding due to ageing populations, one in three OECD countries has cut unemployment benefits in the last six years with a view to encouraging unemployed people to find jobs, according to a new OECD report.

Tax-Benefit calculator, out-of-work replacement rates and country specific files for 2005 (available on-line only)

04-Dec-2007

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 29 OECD countries from 2005. "Benefits and Wages (2007) " is now available.

Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators - Edition 2007

23-Feb-2007

The last edition of Society at a Glance has been published in February 2007. This is a compendium of data comparable over time and across countries on issues ranging from income and employment to life expectancy and fertility, public spending on social welfare and health and indicators of ‘life satisfaction’.

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