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No. 22 | 01 Jan 1997 |
The Definition of Part-Time Work for the Purpose of International Comparisons
National definitions of part-time work are based either on hours thresholds or on an assessment by the respondent of the nature of the job, or on a combination of both methods. This report compares the results obtained from the application of an... |
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No. 21 | 01 Jan 1997 |
Private Pensions in OECD Countries
This volume is part of a series of monographs on private pensions in OECD countries. Previous titles have considered the situation in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States.The United Kingdom pension system has some distinctive... |
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No. 20 | 01 Jan 1997 |
Occupational Classification (ISCO-88)
This paper considers a range of topics concerned with the statistical application of an occupational classification, focusing in particular upon the use of the international standard, ISCO-88. Following a brief presentation of the conceptual basis of... |
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No. 19 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Net Public Social Expenditure
The OECD Social Expenditure data base (SOCX) allows the monitoring of trends in aggregate social expenditure and changes in its composition. But aggregate social expenditure may sometimes fail to reflect the true ‘effort’ of a country in providing... |
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No. 18 | 01 Jan 1996 |
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policies
This publication reviews the recent evidence from programme evaluations on the effectiveness of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in helping unemployed individuals return to work. ALMPs differ widely in their objectives and their impacts, both... |
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No. 16 | 01 Jan 1995 |
Social Protection for Dependent Elderly People
There is growing concern about the future provision of care for frail elderly people. Many countries have planned to reform services or the financing of care, but have found that the implementation of these plans has coincided with economic slow-down... |
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No. 15 | 07 Oct 2003 |
Low Fertility Rates in OECD Countries
Fertility rates have declined in most OECD countries to levels that are well below those needed to secure generation replacement. While attitudes towards this decline in fertility rates differ across countries, several OECD governments have... |
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No. 14 | 01 Jan 1994 |
Measurement of Low Incomes and Poverty in A Perspective of International Comparisons
During the past two decades, issues such as insufficient resources among particular populations, relative and absolute low incomes and poverty have occupied a prominent place in social policy research in many OECD countries. However, many different... |
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No. 13 | 01 Jan 1994 |
The 1993 OECD-Eurostat Compendium of Sources of Earnings Statistics
The objective of the Compendium of sources of earnings statistics is to provide a means of information for assessing earnings statistics’ comparability across OECD countries. However, the Compendium is also designed to be a source of information on... |
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No. 12 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Breadwinners or Child Rearers
Lone-parent families, particularly the large majority headed by the mother, are over-represented among low income families. Employment and the resultant earnings represent a the main path out of economic disadvantage. This paper examines the pattern... |
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No. 11 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Preventing and Resolving Industrial Conflict
The Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition ("the Centre"), which was created in March 1990, is the focal point for cooperation between the OECD and Central and Eastern European countries. Its major responsibility is to design... |
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No. 10 | 01 Jan 1993 |
Projecting the Occupational Structure of Employment in OECD Countries
Forecasts of employment by occupation have been made in several OECD countries since the early 1950s. Medium to long-term projections are now made in most OECD countries, and a number of countries publish them regularly. This paper by Gerald Hughes,... |
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No. 9 | 01 Jan 1992 |
From Labour Shortage to Labour Shedding
All countries in Central and Eastern Europe are experiencing a switch from labour hoarding to labour shedding with rapidly rising unemployment. Identifying each country's specific labour market problems - in particular, those groups which are most... |
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No. 8 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Employment Policies for People with Disabilities
This Occasional Paper contains a report by a panel of experts from fourteen OECD Member countries who compared their policies for the employment of persons with disabilities. It is preceded by a preface by a member of the OECD secretariat covering... |
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No. 7 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Long-Term Unumployed and Measures to Assist Them
This Occasional Paper consists of an introduction, by a member of the Secretariat, giving some general reflections on measures to help reduce long term unemployment, and a report by a group of experts from eleven Member countries and representatives... |
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No. 6 | 01 Jan 1991 |
Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Worth
Equal pay is no longer discussed simply in relation to equal work. Equal pay for work of equal value has, in some countries, become a critical objective of policies against discrimination in employment. This report describes the degree to which the... |
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No. 5 | 01 Jan 1991 |
Wage Differentials, Entry and the Job Generation Process in Germany
Based on information from the employment records of individual establishments in westernGermany (Federal Republic of Germany before the German unification) between 1977-1988, it is possible to shed some light on the characteristics and determinants... |
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No. 4 | 03 Sept 1990 |
Statistics of Annual Earnings in OECD Countries
Existing multi-country earnings statistics generally relate to only a fraction of the economy's industries and occupations, often to manual workers in manufacturing industry. This paper discusses the annual basis of measurement, which has particular... |
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No. 3 | 02 Sept 1990 |
Wrongful Termination Litigation in the United States and its Effect on the Employment Relationship
Over the last decade, employment law in the United States has ceased to be governed solely by the right to 11 at will 11 termination on either side. As a result of a series of decisions in the civil courts of the various states, employers have become... |
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No. 2 | 01 Jun 1990 |
Health and Pension Reform in Japan
The size, structure and growth of health and pension programmes have, in recent years, been matters of concern to all OECD governments and societies. At issue are not only currently important social and economic questions, but also future... |
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The Definition of Part-Time Work for the Purpose of International Comparisons
Alois van Bastelaer, Georges Lemaître and Pascal Marianna
01 Jan 1997
National definitions of part-time work are based either on hours thresholds or on an assessment by the respondent of the nature of the job, or on a combination of both methods. This report compares the results obtained from the application of an...
Private Pensions in OECD Countries
E. Philip Davis
01 Jan 1997
This volume is part of a series of monographs on private pensions in OECD countries. Previous titles have considered the situation in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States.The United Kingdom pension system has some distinctive...
Occupational Classification (ISCO-88)
Peter Elias
01 Jan 1997
This paper considers a range of topics concerned with the statistical application of an occupational classification, focusing in particular upon the use of the international standard, ISCO-88. Following a brief presentation of the conceptual basis of...
Net Public Social Expenditure
Willem Adema, Marcel Einerhand, Bengt Eklind, Jorgen Lotz and Mark Pearson
01 Jan 1996
The OECD Social Expenditure data base (SOCX) allows the monitoring of trends in aggregate social expenditure and changes in its composition. But aggregate social expenditure may sometimes fail to reflect the true ‘effort’ of a country in providing...
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policies
Robert G. Fay
01 Jan 1996
This publication reviews the recent evidence from programme evaluations on the effectiveness of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in helping unemployed individuals return to work. ALMPs differ widely in their objectives and their impacts, both...
Social Protection for Dependent Elderly People
Patrick Hennessy
01 Jan 1995
There is growing concern about the future provision of care for frail elderly people. Many countries have planned to reform services or the financing of care, but have found that the implementation of these plans has coincided with economic slow-down...
Low Fertility Rates in OECD Countries
Joëlle Sleebos
07 Oct 2003
Fertility rates have declined in most OECD countries to levels that are well below those needed to secure generation replacement. While attitudes towards this decline in fertility rates differ across countries, several OECD governments have...
Measurement of Low Incomes and Poverty in A Perspective of International Comparisons
Michael Förster
01 Jan 1994
During the past two decades, issues such as insufficient resources among particular populations, relative and absolute low incomes and poverty have occupied a prominent place in social policy research in many OECD countries. However, many different...
The 1993 OECD-Eurostat Compendium of Sources of Earnings Statistics
OECD
01 Jan 1994
The objective of the Compendium of sources of earnings statistics is to provide a means of information for assessing earnings statistics’ comparability across OECD countries. However, the Compendium is also designed to be a source of information on...
Breadwinners or Child Rearers
OECD
01 Jan 1993
Lone-parent families, particularly the large majority headed by the mother, are over-represented among low income families. Employment and the resultant earnings represent a the main path out of economic disadvantage. This paper examines the pattern...
Preventing and Resolving Industrial Conflict
OECD
01 Jan 1993
The Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition ("the Centre"), which was created in March 1990, is the focal point for cooperation between the OECD and Central and Eastern European countries. Its major responsibility is to design...
Projecting the Occupational Structure of Employment in OECD Countries
Gerald Hughes
01 Jan 1993
Forecasts of employment by occupation have been made in several OECD countries since the early 1950s. Medium to long-term projections are now made in most OECD countries, and a number of countries publish them regularly. This paper by Gerald Hughes,...
From Labour Shortage to Labour Shedding
OECD
01 Jan 1992
All countries in Central and Eastern Europe are experiencing a switch from labour hoarding to labour shedding with rapidly rising unemployment. Identifying each country's specific labour market problems - in particular, those groups which are most...
Employment Policies for People with Disabilities
OECD
01 Jan 1992
This Occasional Paper contains a report by a panel of experts from fourteen OECD Member countries who compared their policies for the employment of persons with disabilities. It is preceded by a preface by a member of the OECD secretariat covering...
The Long-Term Unumployed and Measures to Assist Them
OECD
01 Jan 1992
This Occasional Paper consists of an introduction, by a member of the Secretariat, giving some general reflections on measures to help reduce long term unemployment, and a report by a group of experts from eleven Member countries and representatives...
Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Worth
OECD
01 Jan 1991
Equal pay is no longer discussed simply in relation to equal work. Equal pay for work of equal value has, in some countries, become a critical objective of policies against discrimination in employment. This report describes the degree to which the...
Wage Differentials, Entry and the Job Generation Process in Germany
Tito Boeri
01 Jan 1991
Based on information from the employment records of individual establishments in westernGermany (Federal Republic of Germany before the German unification) between 1977-1988, it is possible to shed some light on the characteristics and determinants...
Statistics of Annual Earnings in OECD Countries
David Grubb
03 Sept 1990
Existing multi-country earnings statistics generally relate to only a fraction of the economy's industries and occupations, often to manual workers in manufacturing industry. This paper discusses the annual basis of measurement, which has particular...
Wrongful Termination Litigation in the United States and its Effect on the Employment Relationship
Susan R. Mendelsohn
02 Sept 1990
Over the last decade, employment law in the United States has ceased to be governed solely by the right to 11 at will 11 termination on either side. As a result of a series of decisions in the civil courts of the various states, employers have become...
Health and Pension Reform in Japan
OECD
01 Jun 1990
The size, structure and growth of health and pension programmes have, in recent years, been matters of concern to all OECD governments and societies. At issue are not only currently important social and economic questions, but also future...