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Reducing poverty and social disparities in Lithuania

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2020

. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … population groups with the elderly, people with disabilities, lone parents, the low-educated and the unemployed being …

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Making the most of skills in Denmark

Jamet, Stéphanie; Koen, Vincent - 2014

Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...

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Building an inclusive social protection system in South Africa

Fall, Falilou; Steenkamp, Andre - 2020

South Africa has an incomplete social protection system without a mandatory pension savings scheme. Designing a universal insurance pension system would allow to reduce the important government funded pension grant system and ensure that the old-age population has decent income. Only 40% of...

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Vulnerability of social institutions : lessons from the recent crisis and historical episodes

Fall, Falilou; Pisu, Mauro; Pareliussen, Jon K.; Bloch, … - 2014

The recent economic crisis has provided a stress test for the vulnerability of social institutions. This paper assesses the vulnerability of social institutions in light of the current crisis, and surveys past episodes, when social institutions faced similar challenges. Public pay-as-you-go...

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Structural reforms to reduce unemployment and restore competitiveness in Ireland

Pina, Álvaro Manuel - 2011

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The drivers of public health spending : integrating policies and institutions

De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo; … - 2016

This paper investigates the impact of policies and institutions on health expenditures for a large panel of OECD countries for the period 2000-10. We use a set of 20 policy and institutional indicators developed by the OECD characterising the main supply-side, demand-side, and public management,...

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Making employment more inclusive in the Netherlands

Baker, Mark; Gielens, Lindy - 2018

-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts … protection on permanent employment contracts and through a more targeted approach to activation policies for disadvantaged groups … jobs. This Working Paper relates to the 2018 OECD Economic Survey of the Netherlands 2018 (www …

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Boosting skills for all in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Paciorek, Aleksandra; Fulop, Gabor - 2016

Strong and adequate skills are essential to support workers’ productivity and to ensure robust employment outcomes … inclusive. The Netherlands performs well in terms of competences of a large part of the population. Moreover, the country has …

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The Dutch labour market : preparing for the future

Gerritsen, Mathijs; Høj, Jens - 2013

high overall participation rate, due to a high frequency of part-time employment, a low effective retirement age and a high … Netherlands (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/netherlands …

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Work incentives and universal credit : reform of the benefit system in the United Kingdom

Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2013

Under the Universal Credit reform, the main means-tested benefits except the Council Tax Benefit will be pooled into one single benefit with one single taper rate. The reform will give people better incentives to work, reduce complexity and contribute to reducing poverty. The reform could reduce...

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