education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material …. Māori, Pasifika and low-income households have also experienced slower rates of improvement in many health and education … housing and enhance health and education outcomes for disadvantaged groups. These reforms go in the right direction and, in …

Mental ill-health can lead to poor work performance, high sickness absence and reduced labour market participation …, resulting in considerable costs for society. Improving labour market participation of people with mental health problems … requires well-integrated policies and services across the education, employment, health and social sectors. This paper provides …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed … and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously …

ways to understand their health options and take more control over their health decisions. But this is not an easy task …. Professionals continue to use medical jargon, drug instructions are not always clear, and health information in clinical settings … democratising access to health information, providing new ways to improve health knowledge and support self care. Nonetheless, when …

inactivity, schools with many struggling children, often run-down housing and urban infrastructure, and a lack of local …

health systems. It then takes stock of current knowledge on the effectiveness of policy instruments to tackle unhealthy diets …

France’s health-care system offers high-quality care. Average health outcomes are good, public satisfaction with the … health-care system is high, and average household out-of-pocket expenditures are low. As in other OECD countries, technology … by care providers, tackle the high spending on pharmaceuticals, strengthen the role of health insurers as purchasing …

efficiency without undermining the quality of in kind services on secondary education, health care and public administration …. There is excess capacity in pre-school and compulsory education and the allocation of tertiary education services is … regressive. The delivery of health care could be improved by rationalising inpatient care and enhancing costeffective primary …