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No. 149 | 05 Sept 2013 |
A Bird's Eye View of Gender Differences in Education in OECD Countries
This paper presents an overview of gender differences in education outcomes in OECD countries. A rich set of indicators describes the improvement of educational attainment among women over the past decades, and various dimensions of male... |
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No. 81 | 20 Mar 2009 |
A Good Time for Making Work Pay? Taking Stock of In-Work Benefits and Related Measures across the OECD
The twin problem of in-work poverty and persistent labour market difficulties of low-skilled individuals has been one of the most important drivers of tax-benefit policy reforms in OECD countries in recent years. Employment-conditional cash transfers... |
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No. 153 | 19 Dec 2013 |
A New Measure of Skills Mismatch
This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill requirements... |
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No. 160 | 26 Jan 2015 |
A New Profile of Migrants in the Aftermath of the Recent Economic Crisis
Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of... |
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No. 64 | 26 Jun 2008 |
A Review of Studies on the Distributional Impact of Consumption Taxes in OECD Countries
Consumption taxes are only rarely assessed for their impact on the economic well-being of individuals. This paper reviews various studies on this issue. It first describes the large differences in the size and structure of these taxes among OECD... |
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No. 261 | 03 Sept 2021 |
A crisis on the horizon
This paper discusses housing challenges facing people with disabilities in OECD and EU countries, and policy supports to make housing more affordable, accessible and adapted to their needs. It focuses on the adult population with disabilities living... |
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No. 184 | 24 Jun 2016 |
A descriptive analysis of immigration to and emigration from the EU
This paper is part of the joint project between the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission and the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs on “Review of Labour Migration Policy in Europe”.... |
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No. 239 | 20 Feb 2020 |
A global profile of emigrants to OECD countries
This paper presents new findings on the main characteristics of immigrants living in OECD countries by country of origin, drawing from the updated Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) 2015/16. It describes migrant populations by country of... |
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No. 98 | 23 Nov 2009 |
Activation Policies in Finland
This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Finland. It covers the role of the key actors, the placement function of the PES, the structure of out-of-work benefits and... |
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No. 75 | 08 Jan 2009 |
Activation Policies in Ireland
In Ireland the placement function of the Public Employment Service (PES) is primarily within FÁS, the Training and Employment Authority, which is supervised by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). But employment counselling... |
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No. 113 | 07 Dec 2010 |
Activation Policies in Japan
The Japanese labour market is characterised by high employment rates for men and older workers, and a low unemployment rate. Over the past two decades, female participation has risen, while disparities in the labour market conditions of workers have... |
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No. 78 | 02 Mar 2009 |
Activation Policies in Norway
This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Norway. It covers the role of the key actors in labour market policies, the placement function of the PES, the structure of... |
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No. 112 | 21 Oct 2010 |
Activation Policies in Switzerland
This report examines the performance of public employment services and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Switzerland. It covers the role of the key actors in labour market policy, the placement function of the Public Employment Service... |
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No. 42 | 08 Dec 2006 |
Activation Strategies and the Performance of Employment Services in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Strategies to 'activate' the unemployed with the help of high-quality employment services have continuously gained importance in the policy debate. The purpose of this report is to examine how activation strategies and the performance of employment... |
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No. 61 | 05 Oct 2007 |
Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea
The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or... |
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No. 123 | 01 Sept 2011 |
Aggregate Earnings and Macroeconomic Shocks
I examine the effect of labour market policies and institutions on the transmission of macroeconomic shocks to the labour market, using both aggregate and industry-level annual data for 23 OECD countries, 23 business-sector industries and up to 29... |
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No. 33 | 17 Feb 2006 |
Alternative Measures of Well-Being
All discussions about the desirability of policy reforms rest on judgements about their effects on individuals and societal well-being. Yet, suitable measures for assessing how well-being is changing over time or compares across countries are... |
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No. 34 | 09 Jun 2006 |
An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
For a number of reasons, incomes vary strongly with age. The nature of this variation is of interest for a wide range of policy purposes. Since age structures differ across countries, knowledge about the incomes earned by different age groups is also... |
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No. 146 | 08 Aug 2014 |
An Evaluation of International Surveys of Children
This report evaluates sources of international child well-being data to assess their suitability for supplementing national and transnational data sources to inform policy. The review of the leading surveys of children (and surveys of households with... |
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No. 76 | 23 Jan 2009 |
An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries
This paper presents an evaluation of the tax-transfer treatment of married couples in 15 EU countries using the EUROMOD microsimulation model. First, we show that many tax-transfer schemes in Europe feature negative jointness defined as a situation... |
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A Bird's Eye View of Gender Differences in Education in OECD Countries
Angelica Salvi del Pero and Alexandra Bytchkova
05 Sept 2013
This paper presents an overview of gender differences in education outcomes in OECD countries. A rich set of indicators describes the improvement of educational attainment among women over the past decades, and various dimensions of male...
A Good Time for Making Work Pay? Taking Stock of In-Work Benefits and Related Measures across the OECD
Herwig Immervoll and Mark Pearson
20 Mar 2009
The twin problem of in-work poverty and persistent labour market difficulties of low-skilled individuals has been one of the most important drivers of tax-benefit policy reforms in OECD countries in recent years. Employment-conditional cash transfers...
A New Measure of Skills Mismatch
Michele Pellizzari and Anne Fichen
19 Dec 2013
This paper proposes a new measure of skills mismatch that combines information about skill proficiency, self-reported mismatch and skill use. The theoretical foundations underling this measure allow identifying minimum and maximum skill requirements...
A New Profile of Migrants in the Aftermath of the Recent Economic Crisis
Cansin Arslan, Jean-Christophe Dumont, Zovanga Kone, Yasser Moullan, Caglar Ozden, Christopher Parsons and Theodora Xenogiani
26 Jan 2015
Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of...
A Review of Studies on the Distributional Impact of Consumption Taxes in OECD Countries
Neil Warren
26 Jun 2008
Consumption taxes are only rarely assessed for their impact on the economic well-being of individuals. This paper reviews various studies on this issue. It first describes the large differences in the size and structure of these taxes among OECD...
A crisis on the horizon
Marissa Plouin, Willem Adema, Pauline Fron and Paul-Marie Roth
03 Sept 2021
This paper discusses housing challenges facing people with disabilities in OECD and EU countries, and policy supports to make housing more affordable, accessible and adapted to their needs. It focuses on the adult population with disabilities living...
A descriptive analysis of immigration to and emigration from the EU
Anda David and Jean-Noël Senne
24 Jun 2016
This paper is part of the joint project between the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission and the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs on “Review of Labour Migration Policy in Europe”....
A global profile of emigrants to OECD countries
Rohen d’Aiglepierre, Anda David, Charlotte Levionnois, Gilles Spielvogel, Michele Tuccio and Erik Vickstrom
20 Feb 2020
This paper presents new findings on the main characteristics of immigrants living in OECD countries by country of origin, drawing from the updated Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries (DIOC) 2015/16. It describes migrant populations by country of...
Activation Policies in Finland
Nicola Duell, David Grubb and Shruti Singh
23 Nov 2009
This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Finland. It covers the role of the key actors, the placement function of the PES, the structure of out-of-work benefits and...
Activation Policies in Ireland
David Grubb, Shruti Singh and Peter Tergeist
08 Jan 2009
In Ireland the placement function of the Public Employment Service (PES) is primarily within FÁS, the Training and Employment Authority, which is supervised by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). But employment counselling...
Activation Policies in Japan
Nicola Duell, David Grubb, Shruti Singh and Peter Tergeist
07 Dec 2010
The Japanese labour market is characterised by high employment rates for men and older workers, and a low unemployment rate. Over the past two decades, female participation has risen, while disparities in the labour market conditions of workers have...
Activation Policies in Norway
Nicola Duell, Shruti Singh and Peter Tergeist
02 Mar 2009
This report examines the performance of the Public Employment Service (PES) and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Norway. It covers the role of the key actors in labour market policies, the placement function of the PES, the structure of...
Activation Policies in Switzerland
Nicola Duell, Peter Tergeist, Ursula Bazant and Sylvie Cimper
21 Oct 2010
This report examines the performance of public employment services and the effectiveness of activation strategies in Switzerland. It covers the role of the key actors in labour market policy, the placement function of the Public Employment Service...
Activation Strategies and the Performance of Employment Services in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Peter Tergeist and David Grubb
08 Dec 2006
Strategies to 'activate' the unemployed with the help of high-quality employment services have continuously gained importance in the policy debate. The purpose of this report is to examine how activation strategies and the performance of employment...
Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea
David Grubb, Jae-Kap Lee and Peter Tergeist
05 Oct 2007
The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or...
Aggregate Earnings and Macroeconomic Shocks
Andrea Bassanini
01 Sept 2011
I examine the effect of labour market policies and institutions on the transmission of macroeconomic shocks to the labour market, using both aggregate and industry-level annual data for 23 OECD countries, 23 business-sector industries and up to 29...
Alternative Measures of Well-Being
Romina Boarini, Åsa Johansson and Marco Mira d'Ercole
17 Feb 2006
All discussions about the desirability of policy reforms rest on judgements about their effects on individuals and societal well-being. Yet, suitable measures for assessing how well-being is changing over time or compares across countries are...
An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Thai-Thanh Dang, Herwig Immervoll, Daniela Mantovani, Kristian Orsini and Holly Sutherland
09 Jun 2006
For a number of reasons, incomes vary strongly with age. The nature of this variation is of interest for a wide range of policy purposes. Since age structures differ across countries, knowledge about the incomes earned by different age groups is also...
An Evaluation of International Surveys of Children
Dominic Richardson and Nabil Ali
08 Aug 2014
This report evaluates sources of international child well-being data to assess their suitability for supplementing national and transnational data sources to inform policy. The review of the leading surveys of children (and surveys of households with...
An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries
Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Nicolaj Verdelin
23 Jan 2009
This paper presents an evaluation of the tax-transfer treatment of married couples in 15 EU countries using the EUROMOD microsimulation model. First, we show that many tax-transfer schemes in Europe feature negative jointness defined as a situation...