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household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …
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This paper presents an overview of the socio-economic situation of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), primarily in OECD countries. After investigating the size of this population, the paper zooms in on attitudes toward LGBTI, LGBTI rights and perceived...
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Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of...
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New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …
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Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …
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structure such as life expectancy and fertility rates are becoming more similar across countries as are marriage and divorce …
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This paper proposes a new set of public health and long-term care expenditure projections until 2060, seven years after a first set of projections was published by the OECD. It disentangles health from longterm care expenditure, as well as the demographic from the non-demographic drivers, and...
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