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• Japan

  - 2007-12-01

  The economic expansion--the longest in Japan's post-war history--continues despite some deceleration in the pace of growth since early 2007. A further tightening of the labour market is projected to reverse the decline in wages, helping to sustain output growth of some 1 1/2-2% in 2008-09 and pushing inflation into positive...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, income, inflation, investment, Japan, OECD, salary, SMB/SME

• Growing Old The Hard Way: China, Russia, India

  - 2006-04-01

  OVER THE PAST decade and a half, the phenomenon of population aging in the "traditional" or already affluent OECD societies has become a topic of sustained policy analysis and concern.1 The reasons for this growing attention - and apprehension - are clear enough. By such metrics as median age or...

  Tags: Benefits, China, cohort, East, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, income, India, Japan, OECD, Robert, Russia, SOFTWARE

• Research Update: International lessons on public pension reserves.

  - 2002-09-30

  The fundamental issue affecting European pensions is the lack of saving and therefore the need to either to raise taxes/contributions or slash future benefits. Individual accounts such as Riester pensions clearly represent one approach to raising savings levels, but so does the more centralised approach of more prefunding and central...

  Tags: Benefits, Government, Japan, OECD, pension, performance, Robert, SOFTWARE, Sweden

• The shape of things to come: global aging in the twenty-first century.

  - 2002-09-22

  "The world stands on the threshold of a social transformation--even a revolution--with few parallels in humanity's past.... Perhaps two-thirds of all people who have ever reached the age of 65 are alive today." Thirty years ago, uncontrollable population growth seemed to be a ...

  Tags: Benefits, Europe, Government, HEALTHCARE, Japan, OECD, pension, SOFTWARE, U.S., worker

• Is Public Long-Term Care Insurance Necessary?

  - 2000-06-01

  ABSTRACT This article examines the need for public long-term care LTC insurance within an overlapping generations model. The discussion revolves around two items: financing methods and inefficiency of privately provided LTC insurance. Special attention is paid to the inefficiency caused by the individual behavior regarding health investment under a...

  Tags: alphA, Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, inefficiency, Insurance, Japan, OECD, SOFTWARE

• Vii. Recent Labour-Market Performance And Structural Reforms - Statistical Data Included

  - 2000-06-01

  Conditions in labour markets of most Member countries have been favourable in recent years The past three years have been marked by favourable conditions in labour markets in most Member countries. In the United States, employment has continued to expand at a fast rate, and the unemployment rate has...

  Tags: Belgium, Benefits, Italy, Japan, OECD, U.S., unemployment, worker

• Labour markets and inflation - Domestic and International Developments; OECD economic outlook for 1991

  - 1990-12-01

  LABOUR MARKETS AND INFLATION Recent trends in labour markets Employment and labour force developments OECD employment growth has decelerated marginally over the past year: in the first half of 1990 it rose at an annual rate of 1-1/2 per cent compared...

  Tags: Benefits, compensation, FINANCE, Finland, Germany, inflation, Japan, OECD, Sweden, U.K., unemployment

• Labour markets and inflation - Domestic and International Developments - OECD

  - 1990-06-01

  LABOUR MARKETS AND INFLATIONVacancies and skilled labour shortages remain high in many countries, although labour-market conditions appear to have stopped tightening recently. With labour demand buoyant and population growing slowly in the OECD area, immigration has recently made an increasing contribution to labour force growth in many OECD countries. Employment...

  Tags: acceleration, Australia, Benefits, FINANCE, Germany, inflation, Japan, OECD, salary, U.K., U.S., unemployment

• The health of nations - international differences in medical care and costs

  - 1989-09-01

  EVERY DAY this year, Americans will spend $200 million more on health care than they did last year, the total coming to $620 billion, or 12 per cent of GNP. By comparison, Japan and the UK devote only 6 per cent of their economies to health care, but enjoy...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, hospital, Japan, OECD, SOFTWARE, U.K.