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This third report in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work looks specifically at the cases of Denmark, Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands, and highlights the roles of institutions and policies.

Sickness, Disability and Work (Vol. 3): Denmark Country Note

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21-Nov-2008

Denmark should monitor and support municipalities’ policy implementation more effectively and give a priority focus to the increasing share of younger people with mental illness, according to a new OECD report.

OECD says governments must continue reforms of disability systems

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20-Nov-2008

OECD governments should continue reforming their sickness and disability systems and help people with health problems to retain their jobs or find new ones, according to a new OECD report.

Seminar on “Embracing globalisation in the 21st century: a dialogue on the Nordic approach

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21-May-2008

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

In his welcome at the Seminar on “Embracing globalisation in the 21st century: a dialogue on the Nordic approach”, Mr. Gurría wondered if there is a “Nordic model”, if the Nordic approach is sustainable and if elements of this approach were transferable.

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.

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.

Denmark makes a great effort to tackle major integration task, says the OECD

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05-Mar-2007

OECD is mapping the integration efforts of a number of OECD countries and today releases the report "The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark".

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.