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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. 44 | 08 Dec 2006 |
The Turkish Pension System
Recent social security reform has significantly improved the long-run sustainability of the pension system. However, the pension system continues to serve as an important barrier to a more rapid expansion of the formal-sector economy in two ways.... |
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No. 43 | 08 Dec 2006 |
The Role of Derived Rights for Old-age Income Security of Women
1. This paper analyses the income situation of older women living alone and examines the role of pension entitlements from derived rights for their income security. The data shows that the share of elderly women living alone is expected to increase... |
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No. 45 | 21 Dec 2006 |
Publicly-provided Services and the Distribution of Resources
This report looks at the effects on the distribution of household income of those government-provided services that confer a personal benefit to users. While most of the comparative evidence of the size and evolution of income inequalities in OECD... |
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No. 46 | 31 Jan 2007 |
Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs and the Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment
International comparisons of minimum-wage levels have largely focused on the gross value of minimum wages, ignoring the effects of taxation on both labour costs and the net income of employees. This paper presents estimates of the tax burdens facing... |
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No. 47 | 01 Feb 2007 |
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Germany
The current situation of the labour market integration of migrants in Germany has to be viewed in the light of its immigration history. During the post-war economic boom, until 1973, Germany focused on the recruitment of low-skilled foreign labour.... |
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No. 48 | 21 Feb 2007 |
The Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market
The current situation regarding the integration of immigrants in the labour market in Sweden is the consequence of a number of factors and developments. The past fifteen years have seen a higher share of humanitarian migration in Sweden than in the... |
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No. 49 | 22 Feb 2007 |
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Australia
The labour market integration of immigrants in Australia is shaped by the country’s long tradition as an immigration country and its selection policy. Over the post-war period, the main origin countries of immigration to Australia have shifted from... |
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No. 51 | 05 Mar 2007 |
What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called “benefits strategy” (increasing the adequacy of benefits for low-income families with children)... |
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No. 50 | 05 Mar 2007 |
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark
The labour market integration of immigrants has been a key issue both in the public debate and on the government agenda in Denmark, triggered by unfavourable employment outcomes of immigrants – the gaps in employment rates of immigrants compared to... |
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No. 52 | 29 Mar 2007 |
Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage
This report surveys the research in OECD countries on intergenerational mobility – i.e. the extent to which key characteristics and life experiences of individuals differ from those of their parents. A number of findings emerge: Intergenerational... |
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No. 53 | 07 Jun 2007 |
Pension Reform in China
China is currently in the process of developing the largest pension system in the world, and it is doing this at a time of unparalleled economic and demographic transition. The central government has followed a step-by-step approach to develop a... |
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No. 54 | 15 Jun 2007 |
Assessing the Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity
The impact of four labour market policies – employment protection legislation, minimum wages, parental leave and unemployment benefits – on productivity is examined here, using annual cross-country aggregate data on these policies and industry-level... |
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No. 55 | 06 Aug 2007 |
The Unification of the Social Insurance Contribution Collection System in Korea
Korea introduced industrial accident insurance (IACIS) in 1964, medical insurance (MIS) in 1977, pension insurance (NPS) in 1988 and employment insurance (EIS) in 1995. In line with Korea’s economic development, social insurance coverage has grown... |
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No. 56 | 04 Sept 2007 |
La politique migratoire française à un tournant
French migration policy is at a crossroads. In the face of an emerging global labour market for highly qualified persons and of labour shortages in certain economic sectors, France must aim for a greater diversification of its migration flows, with... |
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No. 57 | 05 Sept 2007 |
Unauthorized Migrants in the United States
This report discusses methods of measuring unauthorized migration to the United States. The “residual method” involves comparing an analytic estimate of the legal foreign-born population with a survey-based measure of the total foreign-born... |
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No. 58 | 27 Sept 2007 |
Trend in International Migration Flows and Stocks,1975-2005
This paper discusses broad trends in the rates and levels of international migration over the past three decades, the places that migrants leave from and the destinations they choose; and some of the demographic and policy implications of these... |
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No. 59 | 01 Oct 2007 |
Audit du service public de l'emploi au Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s unemployment rate - which was extremely low in the 1970s and 1980s, and in the 1990s increased considerably but still remained low compared with other countries - has since 2004 been close to 5%. This report first compares Luxembourg’s... |
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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. 60 | 05 Oct 2007 |
Life-Expectancy Risk and Pensions
Two-thirds of pension reforms in OECD countries in the last 15 years contain measures that will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy. This quiet revolution in pension policy means that the financial costs of longer lives... |
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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...
The Turkish Pension System
Anne-Marie Brook and Edward Whitehouse
08 Dec 2006
Recent social security reform has significantly improved the long-run sustainability of the pension system. However, the pension system continues to serve as an important barrier to a more rapid expansion of the formal-sector economy in two ways....
The Role of Derived Rights for Old-age Income Security of Women
Jongkyun Choi
08 Dec 2006
1. This paper analyses the income situation of older women living alone and examines the role of pension entitlements from derived rights for their income security. The data shows that the share of elderly women living alone is expected to increase...
Publicly-provided Services and the Distribution of Resources
François Marical, Marco Mira d'Ercole, Maria Vaalavuo and Gerlinde Verbist
21 Dec 2006
This report looks at the effects on the distribution of household income of those government-provided services that confer a personal benefit to users. While most of the comparative evidence of the size and evolution of income inequalities in OECD...
Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs and the Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment
Herwig Immervoll
31 Jan 2007
International comparisons of minimum-wage levels have largely focused on the gross value of minimum wages, ignoring the effects of taxation on both labour costs and the net income of employees. This paper presents estimates of the tax burdens facing...
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Germany
Thomas Liebig
01 Feb 2007
The current situation of the labour market integration of migrants in Germany has to be viewed in the light of its immigration history. During the post-war economic boom, until 1973, Germany focused on the recruitment of low-skilled foreign labour....
The Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market
Georges Lemaître
21 Feb 2007
The current situation regarding the integration of immigrants in the labour market in Sweden is the consequence of a number of factors and developments. The past fifteen years have seen a higher share of humanitarian migration in Sweden than in the...
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Australia
Thomas Liebig
22 Feb 2007
The labour market integration of immigrants in Australia is shaped by the country’s long tradition as an immigration country and its selection policy. Over the post-war period, the main origin countries of immigration to Australia have shifted from...
What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty
Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema
05 Mar 2007
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called “benefits strategy” (increasing the adequacy of benefits for low-income families with children)...
The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark
Thomas Liebig
05 Mar 2007
The labour market integration of immigrants has been a key issue both in the public debate and on the government agenda in Denmark, triggered by unfavourable employment outcomes of immigrants – the gaps in employment rates of immigrants compared to...
Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage
Anna Christina D'Addio
29 Mar 2007
This report surveys the research in OECD countries on intergenerational mobility – i.e. the extent to which key characteristics and life experiences of individuals differ from those of their parents. A number of findings emerge: Intergenerational...
Pension Reform in China
Felix Salditt, Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema
07 Jun 2007
China is currently in the process of developing the largest pension system in the world, and it is doing this at a time of unparalleled economic and demographic transition. The central government has followed a step-by-step approach to develop a...
Assessing the Impact of Labour Market Policies on Productivity
Andrea Bassanini and Danielle Venn
15 Jun 2007
The impact of four labour market policies – employment protection legislation, minimum wages, parental leave and unemployment benefits – on productivity is examined here, using annual cross-country aggregate data on these policies and industry-level...
The Unification of the Social Insurance Contribution Collection System in Korea
Sinchul Jang
06 Aug 2007
Korea introduced industrial accident insurance (IACIS) in 1964, medical insurance (MIS) in 1977, pension insurance (NPS) in 1988 and employment insurance (EIS) in 1995. In line with Korea’s economic development, social insurance coverage has grown...
La politique migratoire française à un tournant
Martine Durand and Georges Lemaître
04 Sept 2007
French migration policy is at a crossroads. In the face of an emerging global labour market for highly qualified persons and of labour shortages in certain economic sectors, France must aim for a greater diversification of its migration flows, with...
Unauthorized Migrants in the United States
Jeffrey Passel
05 Sept 2007
This report discusses methods of measuring unauthorized migration to the United States. The “residual method” involves comparing an analytic estimate of the legal foreign-born population with a survey-based measure of the total foreign-born...
Trend in International Migration Flows and Stocks,1975-2005
B. Lindsay Lowell
27 Sept 2007
This paper discusses broad trends in the rates and levels of international migration over the past three decades, the places that migrants leave from and the destinations they choose; and some of the demographic and policy implications of these...
Audit du service public de l'emploi au Luxembourg
David Grubb
01 Oct 2007
Luxembourg’s unemployment rate - which was extremely low in the 1970s and 1980s, and in the 1990s increased considerably but still remained low compared with other countries - has since 2004 been close to 5%. This report first compares Luxembourg’s...
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...
Life-Expectancy Risk and Pensions
Edward Whitehouse
05 Oct 2007
Two-thirds of pension reforms in OECD countries in the last 15 years contain measures that will automatically link future pensions to changes in life expectancy. This quiet revolution in pension policy means that the financial costs of longer lives...