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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 four main databases: on tax and benefits systems, on social indicators, on social expenditure and on income distribution and poverty. 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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15-Dec-2011
This second edition of Society at a Glance: Asia/Pacific includes comparative data for 36 countries and economies, across five areas, including equity; health; and social cohesion. The report includes a special chapter on how people spend their time in the Asia/Pacific Region, based on data for 13 countries.
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05-Dec-2011
The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over half a century, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.
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23-Nov-2011
This working paper No. 124 contains information on gross public social spending 1980-2012 and net (after tax) public and private social expenditure for 2007, a more comprehensive measure of social support. This contains also a manual to the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX).
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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.
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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.
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10-Nov-2010
This new book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both shaping and addressing these inequalities. It includes the papers presented at the joint OECD and European Union High-Level Conference on Inequalities in Emerging Economies held in Paris in May 2010. This work is part of OECD’s ongoing dialogue and co-operation with non-member economies around the world.
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29-Oct-2010
Gross public social expenditure on average across OECD increased from 16% of GDP in 1980 to 19% in 2007, of which public pensions (7% of GDP) and public health expenditure (6% of GDP) are the largest items. After accounting for the impact of taxation and private benefits, social expenditure (1) amounts to over 30% of GDP at factor cost in France and Belgium and (2) ranges within a few percentage points of each other in Austria, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA.
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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...
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