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Economic survey of Denmark 2008: Pension savings and capital taxation

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19-Feb-2008

The Danish pension system is well-developed and almost unique in the OECD. This report suggests that there may be scope to increase choice and flexibility in the pension system. However, the key policy challenge is to reform capital taxation outside pension savings.

Economic survey of Denmark 2008: Tax reform, hours worked and growth

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19-Feb-2008

Four out of ten full-time employed face a marginal tax wedge of more than 70% resulting from labour contributions plus income and consumption taxes combined. Tax reform could mitigate an ageing-related decline in hours worked, and contribute to fiscal sustainability, this report argues.

Economic survey of Denmark 2008: Fiscal strategy: Keeping with the targets

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19-Feb-2008

In August 2007, the Danish government presented its 2015 Strategy. It makes fiscal sustainability an overarching objective for budgeting and government policies. Nevertheless, clearer mechanisms are needed to prevent spending overruns in regional and local authorities, this report argues.

Senior budget officials reviews of budgeting systems

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29-Jan-2008

The objective of country reviews is to provide a comprehensive overview of the budget process in the country under examination, to evaluate national experiences in the light of international best practice and to provide specific policy recommendations.

Babies and Bosses - Key Outcomes of Denmark compared to OECD average

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21-Nov-2007

Key indicators on fertility, female and sole parent employment, childcare participation, child poverty and gender pay gap.

Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries

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12-Nov-2007

Teresa Curristine

This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries which have developed and used performance information in the budget process over the past ten years. The book offers guidelines and recommendations on adapting budget systems to promote the use of performance information.

Ageing and the Public Service: Human Resource Challenges

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13-Aug-2007

Elsa Pilichowski

An ageing population creates immediate pressures for changes in both service delivery and human resources management in government, increasing fiscal burdens while decreasing immediate capacties to deliver services. It also offers strategic opportunities.

Pensions at a Glance 2007: how does your country compare? A selection of indicators

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07-Jun-2007

Gross pension replacement rates (pre and post reform), Net pension replacement rates and Pension wealth, from OECD Pensions at a Glance - Public Policies across OECD Countries 2007 Edition.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 50)

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05-Mar-2007

Thomas Liebig

Across all qualification levels, employment of immigrants and their children is well below that of native Danes. Denmark is taking active steps to improve labour market integration, but more effort is still needed to combat discrimination and to make jobs available.