This report was prepared in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, under the senior leadership of Stefano Scarpetta (Director), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director), and Monika Queisser (Senior Counsellor and Head of Social Policy). The project was supervised by Valerie Frey (Senior Economist).
The report was written by Chris Clarke and Valerie Frey. The authors would like to thank Hanna Varkki, who prepared the report for publication and provided logistical and communications support, as well as Marie-Aurélie Elkurd. The authors would also like to thank colleagues from the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and participants at the University of Oxford Politics Research Colloquium for their comments on this report.
The authors are grateful to the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for the financial support provided for this report and the United Kingdom’s participation in the OECD Risks that Matter Survey.