Social and welfare issues
The OECD Risks That Matter Survey 2018
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Falling ill. Struggling to make ends meet. Having enough money in old age. The OECD Risks that Matter survey finds that these concerns are weighing on people’s minds across countries. The OECD Risks That Matter survey polled a representative sample of 22 000 adults in 21 OECD countries in 2018. It examines people’s perceptions of the social and economic risks they face and assesses how well people feel government reacts to their concerns.
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Risks that Matter: Main Findings from the 2018 OECD Risks that Matter Survey
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Media highlights
- Bloomberg: The world’s richest countries are full of anxious, alienated people
- CBC News: Tax the rich and give us more services, Canadians say in OECD survey
- Expresso: O que é que os portugueses mais temem? Ficar doentes, com uma deficiência ou desempregados
- Le Figaro: Plus que le chômage, les Français craignent la maladie et le handicap
- Financial Times: Many societies favour taxing the rich more, OECD survey finds
- Guardian: Most people want higher taxes on rich to support poor
- Handelsblatt: Deutsche machen sich stärker als andere Europäer Sorgen um ihre Rente
- Irish Times: Majority would pay higher taxes to resolve housing crisis, study finds
- New York Times: People want higher taxes on rich, better welfare: 21-country OECD survey
- Wirtschaftswoche: Die Deutschen wollen mehr Sozialstaat
Contacts
- Valerie Frey (Valerie.FREY@oecd.org)
- Chris Clarke (Chris.CLARKE@oecd.org)
We’d love to hear from you!
Do you want to collaborate with our team? Do you want to apply for the anonymised micro-data when it’s available? Or do you have comments on the survey? Email us at rtm@oecd.org.
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