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Employment Outlook 2009 Country Notes: United Kingdom

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16-Sep-2009

The OECD Employment Outlook 2009 indicates that the early stages of the economic recovery are likely to be too muted to result in strong job creation. As a result, the UK unemployment rate, which reached 7.8% in the 2nd quarter of 2009, is expected to continue to rise and remain high through 2010.

Doing Better for Children: Highlights for the United Kingdom

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01-Sep-2009

High public spending on child welfare and education in the UK is failing to produce results in many key areas. To give every child the chance of a better future, the government should continue to spend more on younger children and target spending on older children more effectively...

Spend early on children, says OECD

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01-Sep-2009

Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD’s first ever report on child well-being in its 30 member countries.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2009: How Does the United Kingdom Compare

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01-Jul-2009

Total health spending accounted for 8.4% of GDP in the United Kingdom in 2007, compared with an average of 8.9% across OECD countries.

Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for the UK

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23-Jun-2009

The United Kingdom’s private pension funds have been heavily hit by the financial crisis, with real losses of 17.4% in 2008... The proportion of retirement income package from voluntary private pensions in the UK is the highest among OECD countries.

The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises

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27-Feb-2009

This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices for social enterprises.

Growing Unequal 2008 - Country note: United Kingdom

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21-Oct-2008

 This note presents key findings related to income inequality and poverty for the United Kingdom, with global trends among OECD countries.

Migration of Health Workers: The UK Perspective to 2006

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15-Oct-2008

James Buchan, Susanna Baldwin and Miranda Munro

In the late 1990s shortages of skilled staff were a main obstacle to improving services in the NHS. The response by government was to “grow” the NHS workforce.

The Dynamics of Social Asssistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 67)

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01-Oct-2008

Lorenzo Capellari and Stephen P. Jenkins

There is interest in learning about the factors associated with the chances of moving into receipt or of moving off receipt of social assistance benefit. This paper models the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1–15.

Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes: UNITED KINGDOM

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09-Jul-2008

OECD has launched a series of reports in 16 countries including the United Kingdom. Each report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work.