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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 Sweden 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.

The Swedish housing market – better allocation via less regulation

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20-Jun-2007

Felix Hüfner and Jens Lundsgaard

This paper presents a review of the recent steps to abolish real estate taxes and also proposes comprehensive reform of regulations in the rental housing sector. Economics Department Working Paper 559.

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.

Sweden should continue reforms to strengthen its economy, says OECD

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30-Mar-2007

Sweden should instil more competition in the public sector, cut red tape and liberalize labour markets if it is to meet the challenge of an ageing population and maintain its high standards of social welfare, according to a new OECD report.

The role of competition policy in regulatory reform in Sweden

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30-Mar-2007

In the early 1990‘s Sweden made an impressive change in the direction of its competition law and policy.

Sweden 2004 - Tax-benefit country chapter - Benefits and Wages

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03-Mar-2006

The “Country Chapters” provide detailed descriptions of tax and benefit rules in a consistent format across countries, summaries of policy trends, and example calculations of benefit entitlements and tax burdens.