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11 Jan 2011
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Book
English/French
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Labour Force Statistics 2010
OECD, Pages: 480
OECD's annual Labour Force Statistics provides detailed statistics on population, labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector and part-time employment.
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16 Dec 2010
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Book
English
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Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2010
OECD, Pages: 92
This first edition of Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific presents a set of key indicators of health status, the determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, and health care expenditure and financing across 27 Asia/Pacific countries.
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01 Dec 2010
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Book
English
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Health at a Glance: Europe 2010
OECD, European Union, Pages: 128
This special edition of Health at a Glance focuses on health issues across the 27 European Union member states, three European Free Trade Association countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and Turkey.
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01 Dec 2010
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Book
English
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Valuation of Environment-Related Health Risks for Children
Anna Alberini, Graham Loomes, Milan Scasny, Ian Bateman, Pages: 150
This report, the final output of the Valuation of Environment-Related Health Impacts (VERHI) project, presents new findings on whether the value of reducing environmental risk greater for children than for adults.
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29 Nov 2010
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Book
English
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Open for Business: Migrant Entrepreneurship in OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 312
Taking a cross-country perspective, this publication sheds light on migrant entrepreneurship, discussing policy options to foster the development and success of migrant businesses.
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24 Nov 2010
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Book
English
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Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: A Synthesis of Findings across OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 166
Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems or disability, and too few people with reduced work capacity manage to remain in employment. This is a social and economic tragedy common to virtually all OECD countries. It ...
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02 Nov 2010
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Book
English
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Health Care Systems: Efficiency and Policy Settings
OECD, Pages: 212
This book explores trends in health care outcomes and spending; ways of assessing efficiency; new indicators of health care policies and institutions; and the characteristics and performance of health care systems.
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21 Oct 2010
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Book
English
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Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa: The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies
OECD, Pages: 312
This book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both...
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07 Oct 2010
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Book
English
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Improving Value in Health Care: Measuring Quality
OECD, Pages: 108
This publication describes what international comparable quality measures are currently available and how to link these measures to quality policies such as accreditation, practice guidelines, pay-for-performance, national safety programmes and...
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07 Oct 2010
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Book
English
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Value for Money in Health Spending
OECD, Pages: 200
This publication examines current efforts to improve health care efficiency, including tools that show promise in helping health systems provide the best care for their money.
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23 Sep 2010
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Book
English
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Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat
OECD, Pages: 268
This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.
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17 Sep 2010
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Book
English
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Improving Health and Social Cohesion through Education
OECD, Pages: 220
This report addresses challenges in assessing the social outcomes of learning by providing a synthesis of the existing evidence, original data analyses and policy discussions.
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18 Aug 2010
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Book
English
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Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Sweden: Will the Recent Reforms Make It?
OECD, Pages: 49
Sickness and disability is a key economic policy concern for many OECD countries. Medical conditions, or problems labelled as such by societies and policy systems, are proving an increasing obstacle to raising labour force participation and keeping ...
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18 Aug 2010
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Book
English
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OECD Principles of Occupational Pension Regulation: Methodology for Assessment and Implementation
OECD, Pages: 136
This book provides a structured approach for evaluating a jurisdiction’s occupational pension regulatory system in relation to the OECD Core Principles of Occupational Pension Regulation.
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30 July 2010
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Book
English
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Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Canada: Opportunities for Collaboration
OECD, Pages: 85
Sickness and disability policy reform has been a priority for OECD countries wanting to improve employment and social outcomes in this domain. The recent recession and corresponding fall in labour demand is expected to hit marginalised workers ...
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12 July 2010
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Book
English
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International Migration Outlook 2010
OECD, Pages: 358
This 2010 edition of the OECD International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries, and provides the latest available data on migration flows.
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07 July 2010
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Book
English
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OECD Employment Outlook 2010: Moving beyond the Jobs Crisis
OECD, Pages: 308
OECD's annual report on employment and labour markets. This edition includes articles on Moving Beyond the Jobs Crisis, The Global Crisis in Emerging Economies, Institutional and Policy Determinants of Labour Market Flows, and Part-Time Work.
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05 July 2010
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Book
English
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Guidance on Sustainability Impact Assessment
OECD, Pages: 32
This publication offers a general introduction to sustainability impact assessment, which is an approach for exploring the combined economic, environmental and social impacts of a range of proposed policies, programmes, strategies and action plans.
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28 May 2010
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Book
English
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Improving Health Sector Efficiency: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
OECD, Pages: 156
Using lessons from case studies, this report identifies the opportunities offered by ICTs for the health sector and analyses under what conditions these technologies are most likely to result in efficiency and quality-of-care improvements.
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28 May 2010
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Book
English
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The OECD Innovation Strategy: Getting a Head Start on Tomorrow
OECD, Pages: 224
This book provides a set of principles for fostering innovation in people (workers and consumers), in firms and in government, taking an in-depth look at the scope of innovation and how it is changing, as well as where and how it is occurring.
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