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21 Oct 2010
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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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17 Nov 2011
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Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development
OECD, Jason Gagnon, David Khoudour-Castéras, Pages: 160
This book contributes to the current debate on migration policy, focusing on three main elements in the standard migration policy dialogue: the regulation of flows, the integration of immigrants and the impact of labour mobility on development.
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16 Nov 2005
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Taxing Working Families: A Distributional Analysis
OECD, Pages: 132
Taxing Working Families provides insights into how income taxes and social security contributions affect the distribution of income between different types of families in OECD countries.
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20 Oct 1999
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The Battle against Exclusion: Social Assistance in Canada and Switzerland
OECD, Pages: 184
This book compares social assistance policies in four Canadian provinces -- Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan -- and four Swiss cantons -- Graubünden, Ticino, Vaud and Zürich.
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23 Jan 1998
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The Battle against Exclusion: Social Assistance in Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom
OECD, Pages: 212
This book examines the performance of social assistance policies in four countries with similar per capita incomes: Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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04 Oct 2007
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The Battle against Exclusion: Social Assistance in Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Norway
OECD, Pages: 192
Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries. Today, social assistance institutions have integration and encouragement as their goal. They seek to avoid exclusion and stigmatisation ...
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16 Jan 2009
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The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises
Pages: 274
This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices for social enterprises.
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11 Aug 2000
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The Creative Society of the 21st Century
OECD, Pages: 200
This book asks some hard questions about our changing world, and examines the policy opportunities that need to be grasped if we are to foster sustainable social foundations for the 21st century.
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22 Dec 2011
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The Future of Families to 2030
OECD, Pages: 280
This report explores likely future changes in family and household structures in OECD countries; identifies the main forces shaping the family landscape to 2030; discusses the longer-term challenges; and suggests policy options for managing the...
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06 Oct 1998
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The Future of Female-dominated Occupations
OECD, Pages: 248
In all of the OECD countries, women's employment is heavily concentrated in the same occupations: secretaries, primary school teachers, nurses and home helpers. This book evaluates the future of these occupations.
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11 Aug 2009
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The Future of International Migration to OECD Countries
OECD, Pages: 278
Looking to the year 2030, this volume explores the social, economic and environmental forces which, in OECD countries, may combine to attract migrants of various types and backgrounds, and which, primarily in the developing world, may persuade people...
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16 Sep 2008
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The Global Competition for Talent: Mobility of the Highly Skilled
OECD, Pages: 165
Drawing on analytical literature, the most recent data available, and policy inventories, this publication discusses the dimensions, significance, and policy implications of international flows of human resources in science and technology.
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23 Nov 1999
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The Local Dimension of Welfare-to-Work: An International Survey
OECD, Pages: 348
These proceedings describes these new approaches in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France and the Netherlands.
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23 Sep 2008
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The Looming Crisis in the Health Workforce: How Can OECD Countries Respond?
OECD, Pages: 96
OECD countries face a challenge in responding to the growing demand for doctors and nurses over the next 20 years. This book identifies possible ways to deal with these potential shortages.
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05 May 2003
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The Non-profit Sector in a Changing Economy
OECD, Pages: 340
This publication offers a comprehensive and ground-breaking assessment of the new trends in the field of non-profit sector studies.
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28 May 2010
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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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30 Sep 1998
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The Second-Generation Pension Reforms in Latin America
Monika Queisser, Pages: 144
This study provides a detailed description of all second-generation pension reforms in Latin America to date, evaluates the first years of operations of the new systems and outlines the problems and challenges which the systems are still facing.
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12 Mar 2001
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The Social Crisis in the Russian Federation
OECD, Pages: 148
This book provides a detailed analysis of the social problems facing the Russian Federation, and develops proposals for continuing reform to improve the economic fundamentals, including the productivity, while at the same time ensuring that social...
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30 Oct 2007
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The Social Economy: Building Inclusive Economies
Pages: 250
This publication offers new insights into the economic theory of social economy organisations, their role in an evolving political and economic context, and the links to local development and the empowerment of users.
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04 May 1999
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The Social Sciences at a Turning Point?
OECD, Pages: 128
In this proceedings, authoritative experts and policy makers examine the current state and status of the social sciences and present their views on what needs to be done.
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