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  • 1
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    Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781469665177
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (259 pages) , Illustrations (black and white).
    Series Statement: North Carolina scholarship online
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Rassismus ; Genetischer Fingerabdruck ; Rassenpolitik ; Sklaverei ; Schwarze ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Genetic genealogy Social aspects ; Genetic genealogy Social aspects ; Slavery History ; Slavery History ; Race Social aspects ; Race Social aspects ; History ; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours ; USA ; Brasilien
    Abstract: Over the past twenty years, DNA ancestry testing has morphed from a niche market into a booming international industry that encourages members of the public to answer difficult questions about their identity by looking to the genome. At a time of intensified interest in issues of race and racism, the burgeoning influence of corporations like AncestryDNA and 23andMe has sparked debates about the commodification of identity, the antiracist potential of genetic science, and the promises and pitfalls of using DNA as a source of 'objective' knowledge about the past. This book engages these debates by looking at the ways genomic ancestry testing has been used in Brazil and the United States to address the histories and legacies of slavery, from personal genealogical projects to collective racial politics.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2021 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
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    Bristol : Bristol University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781529208016
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 164 pages).
    Series Statement: Sociology of diversity
    Series Statement: Policy Press scholarship online
    DDC: 305.800944
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    Keywords: Rassismus ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Soziale Integration ; Islam ; Minderheitenpolitik ; Ethnische Identität ; Racism ; Equality ; Post-racialism ; Society ; Society & culture: general ; Frankreich ; France Race relations
    Abstract: This work reveals how the denial of race as a social category maintains and reproduces systematic racism in contemporary France. Léonard offers an in-depth analysis of contentious issues in society, revealing how color-blind racism is at the centre of social inequality in France.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2022 , Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 3
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780691185965
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white).
    Series Statement: Politics and society in modern America
    Series Statement: Princeton scholarship online
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Verwaltung ; Kulturanthropologie ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; Multiculturalism ; Ethnology ; Statehood (American politics) ; Hawaii ; Hawaii Politics and government 1959- ; Hawaii Race relations
    Abstract: This text explores the development of Hawai'i as a model for liberal multiculturalism and a tool of American global power in the era of decolonization.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2019 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Chicago : The University of Chicago Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780226572796
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white).
    Series Statement: Chicago scholarship online
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    Keywords: Regionalpolitik ; Einwanderung ; Immigrants Government policy ; Urban policy ; Municipal government ; USA ; United States Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
    Abstract: Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. But efforts to assist immigrants are not limited to large, politically liberal cities. Many small to mid-sized cities and towns across the United States have implemented a range of informal practices that help immigrant populations integrate into their communities. This text explores why and how local governments are taking steps to accommodate immigrants, sometimes despite serious political opposition.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2018 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Jackson : University Press of Mississippi | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781496812087
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressourcece.
    Series Statement: Mississippi scholarship online
    DDC: 305.800976209034
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Sezessionskrieg ; Weiße ; Schwarze ; Ethnische Identität ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Rassismus ; Group identity History 19th century ; Social change History 19th century ; Staat Mississippi ; Whites Race identity 19th century ; History ; African Americans Race identity 19th century ; History ; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 ; Influence ; Mississippi Social conditions 19th century
    Abstract: 'Your Heritage Will Still Remain' details how Mississippians constructed their social identity in the aftermath of the crises that transformed the state beginning with the sectional conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and finally ending in the late nineteenth century. The social identity studied in this work focuses primarily on how Mississippians thought of their place within a national context, whether as Americans, Confederates, or both.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2017 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9789264309173 , 9789264309166 , 9789264307292
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (144 p.) , 21 x 28cm.
    Parallel Title: Parallele Sprachausgabe Poza PKB. Mierzmy To Co Ma Znaczenie Dla Rozwoju Społeczno Gospodarczego
    Parallel Title: Parallele Sprachausgabe Jenseits des BIP: Was bei der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung wirklich zählt
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stiglitz, Joseph E., 1943 - Beyond GDP
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Sozialer Indikator ; Lebensqualität ; Soziale Lage ; Bruttoinlandsprodukt ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Messung ; Environment ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; Soziale Situation ; Lebensqualität ; Bruttoinlandsprodukt ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Messung
    Abstract: Metrics matter for policy and policy matters for well-being. In this report, the co-chairs of the OECD-hosted High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Martine Durand, show how over-reliance on GDP as the yardstick of economic performance misled policy makers who did not see the 2008 crisis coming. When the crisis did hit, concentrating on the wrong indicators meant that governments made inadequate policy choices, with severe and long-lasting consequences for many people. While GDP is the most well-known, and most powerful economic indicator, it can’t tell us everything we need to know about the health of countries and societies. In fact, it can’t even tell us everything we need to know about economic performance. We need to develop dashboards of indicators that reveal who is benefitting from growth, whether that growth is environmentally sustainable, how people feel about their lives, what factors contribute to an individual’s or a country’s success. This book looks at progress made over the past 10 years in collecting well-being data, and in using them to inform policies. An accompanying volume, For Good Measure: Advancing Research on Well-being Metrics Beyond GDP, presents the latest findings from leading economists and statisticians on selected issues within the broader agenda on defining and measuring well-being.
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  • 7
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    Gainesville : University Press of Florida | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780813051727
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white).
    Series Statement: Other southerners
    DDC: 975.00497
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    Keywords: Indianer ; Soziale Situation ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Indians of North America Social conditions ; Indians of North America History ; USA Südstaaten ; Southern States Race relations ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: The history of Native Americans in the US South is a turbulent one, rife with conflict and inequality. Since the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the fifteenth century, Native peoples have struggled to maintain their land, cultures, and ways of life. In this volume, tribal leaders, educators, and activists share their struggles for Indian identity, self-determination, and community development.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2016 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781400838608
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white, and colour)
    DDC: 305.8009182109033
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Europäer ; Asiaten ; Ethnische Identität ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Racism History 18th century ; Racism History 19th century ; Race awareness History 18th century ; Race awareness History 19th century ; East Asians Race identity ; National characteristics, East Asian
    Abstract: Michael Keevak follows the development of perceptions about race and human difference. He indicates that the conceptual relationship between East Asians and yellow skin did not begin in Chinese or Western culture, but in anthropological and medical records that described variations in skin colour.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2011 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781400848874
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white)
    DDC: 305.895073
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    Keywords: Asiaten ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Asian Americans History 20th century ; Asian Americans Cultural assimilation ; Asian Americans Ethnic identity ; Asian Americans Public opinion ; USA ; United States Ethnic relations 20th century ; History ; United States Race relations 20th century ; History ; United States Politics and government 1945-1989
    Abstract: This title tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the 'yellow peril' to 'model minorities' - peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values - in the middle decades of the 20th century.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2013 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9780191852596
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 253 Seiten)
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Race, criminal justice, and migration control
    DDC: 325
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    Keywords: Emigration and immigration Social aspects ; Immigrants Social conditions ; Criminal justice, Administration of ; Emigration and immigration ; Criminal justice, Administration of ; Emigration and immigration Social aspects ; Emigration and immigration ; Immigrants Social conditions ; Emigration and immigration ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects ; Criminal justice, Administration of ; Immigrants ; Social conditions ; Criminal justice, Administration of ; Emigration and immigration ; Immigrants ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Migration ; Einwanderung ; Kriminalisierung ; Rassendiskriminierung
    Abstract: In an era of mass mobility, those who are permitted to migrate and those criminalised, controlled, and prohibited from migrating are heavily patterned by race. This volume places race at the centre of its analysis; 14 chapters examine, question, and explain the growing intersection between criminal justice and migration control
    Note: This edition previously issued in print: 2018. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 27, 2018)
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  • 11
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    Chicago : The University of Chicago Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780226238586
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white)
    DDC: 305.80097309045
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1920-1999 ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Vorurteil ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Race discrimination History 20th century ; Prejudices History 20th century ; USA ; United States Race relations 20th century ; History
    Abstract: Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial injustice by reducing white prejudice has long been a core component of this faith. How did we get here? Leah N. Gordon jumps into this and other big questions about race, power, and social justice. To answer these questions, she examines American academia, both black and white, in the 1940s and '50s.
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  • 12
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    New York : New York University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780814768266
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white)
    DDC: 304.8730082
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    Keywords: Einwanderung ; Frau ; Soziale Situation ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Women immigrants ; Immigrants Government policy ; USA ; United States Emigration and immigration
    Abstract: This title is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism.
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  • 13
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    New York : New York University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781479875337
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white)
    DDC: 305.8680730772
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    Keywords: Hispanos ; Soziale Situation ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Hispanic Americans ; Hispanic Americans Ethnic identity ; Hispanic Americans Social conditions ; Immigrants Social conditions ; USA ; Lafayette, Ind. ; Lafayette (Ind Social conditions ; Lafayette (Ind Race relations
    Abstract: National immigration debates have thrust both opponents of immigration and immigrant rights supporters into the news. But what happens once the rallies end and the banners come down? What is daily life like for Latinos who have been presented nationally as terrorists, drug smugglers, alien gangs, and violent criminals? 'Latino Heartland' offers an ethnography of the Latino and non-Latino residents of a small Indiana town, showing how national debate pitted neighbour against neighbour - and the strategies some used to combat such animosity. It conveys the lived impact of divisive political rhetoric on immigration and how race, gender, class, and ethnicity inform community belonging in the 21st century.
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  • 14
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    Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780824870034
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressourcece.
    Series Statement: Race and ethnicity in Hawai'i
    DDC: 305.809/0969
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Weiße ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Whites ; Race awareness ; Hawaii ; Hawaii Race relations ; Hawaii Colonization
    Abstract: This work attempts to make sense of haole (Hawaiian for 'white person') and 'the politics of haole' in current debates about race in Hawai'i. Recognizing it as a form of American whiteness specific to Hawai'i, the author argues that haole was forged and reforged over two centuries of colonization and needs to be understood in that context.
    Note: Previously issued in print: 2010 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9780814770474
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource , Illustrations (black and white)
    DDC: 305.805
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    Keywords: Interethnische Herkunft ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Racially mixed people Case studies
    Abstract: Patterns of migration and the forces of globalization have brought the issues of mixed race to the public in far more visible, far more dramatic ways than ever before. This text examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in nations around the world, moving beyond US borders to explore the dynamics of racial mixing and multiple descent in Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Okinawa, Australia, and New Zealand.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 16
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264251632
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (76 Seiten) , 16 x 23cm
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Soziale Integration ; Flüchtling ; Flüchtling ; Soziale Integration
    Abstract: Die OECD-Publikationsreihe "Erfolgreiche Integration" beruht auf zentralen Erkenntnissen aus den Arbeiten der OECD zur Integrationspolitik, insbesondere den Länderstudien der Reihe Jobs for Immigrants. Ziel ist es, in leicht verständlicher, überblicksartiger Form die wichtigsten Herausforderungen und empfehlenswerten politischen Praktiken bei der Förderung der dauerhaften Integration von Zuwanderern und ihren Kindern für ausgewählte wesentliche Zielgruppen und Integrationsbereiche darzustellen. Jeder Band enthält zehn Empfehlungen sowie Beispiele für empfehlenswerte Praktiken, die durch synthetische Vergleiche des integrationspolitischen Rahmens in den einzelnen OECD-Ländern ergänzt werden, die sich auf bisherige Erfahrungen stützen. Der erste Band befasst sich mit Flüchtlingen und sonstigen schutzbedürftigen Personen, die als humanitäre Zuwanderer bezeichnet werden
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264258211
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (168 p.) , 21 x 28cm.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Srivastava, Divya Better ways to pay for health care
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsfinanzierung ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; OECD ; Gesundheitswesen ; Finanzierung
    Abstract: Payers for health care are pursuing a variety of policies as part of broader efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of care. Payment reform is but one policy tool to improve health system performance that requires supportive measures in place such as policies with well-developed stakeholder involvement, information on quality, clear criteria for tariff setting, and embedding evaluation as part of the policy process. Countries should not, however, underestimate the significant data challenges when looking at price setting processes. Data access and ways to overcome its fragmentation require well-developed infrastructures. Policy efforts highlight a trend towards aligning payer and provider incentives by using evidence-based clinical guidelines and outcomes to inform price setting. There are signs of increasing policy focus on outcomes to inform price setting. These efforts could bring about system-wide effects of using evidence along with a patient-centred focus to improve health care delivery and performance in the long-run.
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  • 18
    ISBN: 9789264257382
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (204 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Working together
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    Keywords: Migranten ; Kinder ; Arbeitsmarktintegration ; Qualifikation ; Schweden ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Sweden ; Schweden ; Einwanderer ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Integration
    Abstract: This review is the first in a new series on the skills and labour market integration of immigrants and their children. With 16% of its population born abroad, Sweden has one of the larger immigrant populations among the European OECD countries. Estimates suggest that about half of the foreign-born population originally came to Sweden as refugees or as the family of refugees and Sweden has been the OECD country that has had by far the largest inflows of asylum seekers relative to its population. In all OECD countries, humanitarian migrants and their families face greater challenges to integrate into the labour market than other groups. It is thus not surprising that immigrant versus native-born differences are larger than elsewhere, which also must be seen in the context of high skills and labour market participation among the native-born. For both genders, employment disparities are particularly pronounced among the low-educated, among whom immigrants are heavily overrepresented. These immigrants face particular challenges related to the paucity of low-skilled jobs in Sweden, and policy needs to acknowledge that their integration pathway tends to be a long one. Against this backdrop, Sweden has highly developed and longstanding integration policies that mainly aim at upskilling immigrants while temporarily lowering the cost of hiring, while other tools that work more strongly with the social partners and the civil society are less well developed and need strengthening.
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780191796463
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 192 Seiten) , Diagramme , 24 cm
    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online
    Series Statement: Economics and Finance
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Migration
    DDC: 304.82
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    Keywords: Einwanderung ; Einwanderungsrecht ; Migrationspolitik ; Migrationsforschung ; GUS-Staaten ; Israel ; China ; USA ; Emigration and immigration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Migration ; Einwanderung
    Abstract: The changing economic reality of the last decades has prompted large movements of people across and within national borders, which, in turn, have given rise to new opportunities and challenges. This volume addresses a number of key aspects of these developments, by bringing together a unique collection of chapters, written by leading scholars from three different disciplines: economics, sociology, and political science.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264240353 , 9789264233386
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (262 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fiscal sustainability of health systems
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    Keywords: Gesundheitskosten ; Gesundheitsfinanzierung ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Gesundheitswesen ; Finanzierung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Frankreich ; Großbritannien ; Niederlande
    Abstract: The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Public health spending in OECD countries has grown rapidly over most of the last half century. These spending increases have contributed to important progress in population health: for example, life expectancy at birth has increased, rising on average by ten years since 1970. The challenge now is to sustain and enhance these achievements in a context of tight fiscal constraints in many countries combined with upward pressure on health spending from factors such as new technological advances and demographic changes. Finding policies that can make health spending more sustainable without compromising important achievements in access and quality requires effective co-operation between health and finance ministries. Sound governance and co-ordination mechanisms are therefore essential to ensure effective policy choices. Prepared by both public finance and health experts, this report provides a unique detailed overview of institutional frameworks for financing health care in OECD countries. One of the main features of this book is a comprehensive mapping of budgeting practices and governance structure in health across OECD countries.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264250024 , 9789264246010
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (120 p.) , 14.5 x 22cm.
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Parallele Sprachausgabe Inégalités de revenu : l'écart entre les riches et les pauvres
    Parallel Title: Parallele Sprachausgabe Desigualdad de ingresos : La brecha entre ricos y pobres
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Keeley, Brian Income inequality
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    Keywords: Einkommensverteilung ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; OECD ; Einkommensunterschied ; OECD ; Einkommensunterschied
    Abstract: Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than that of the poorest 10%; today, it’s around 9½ times higher. Why does this matter? Many fear this widening gap is hurting individuals, societies and even economies. This book explores income inequality across five main headings. It starts by explaining some key terms in the inequality debate. It then examines recent trends and explains why income inequality varies between countries. Next it looks at why income gaps are growing and, in particular, at the rise of the 1%. It then looks at the consequences, including research that suggests widening inequality could hurt economic growth. Finally, it examines policies for addressing inequality and making economies more inclusive.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264239845 , 9789264246515
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (460 Seiten) , 21 x 28cm
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Statistik 2015 ; Statistik 2015 ; Statistik 2015
    Abstract: This publication describes the size and characteristics of emigrant populations by origin countries with a special focus on educational attainment and labour force status. It offers origin countries a detailed picture of the size and composition of their diasporas, as well as their evolution since 2000. It contains an overview chapter and six regional chapters, covering: Asia and Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean; OECD countries; Non-OECD European and Central Asian countries; Middle East and North Africa; and Sub-Saharan Africa. Regional chapters are followed by a regional note and country notes
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    ISBN: 9789264179080
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (324 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Waiting time policies in the health sector
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsversorgung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Medizinische Versorgung ; Wartezeit ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Over the past decade, many OECD countries have introduced new policies to tackle excessive waiting times for elective surgery with some success. However, in the wake of the recent economic downturn and severe pressures on public budgets, waiting times times may rise again, and it is important to understand which policies work. In addition, the European Union has introduced new regulations to allow patients to seek care in other member states, if there are long delays in treatment. This book provides a framework to understand why there are waiting lists for elective surgery in some OECD countries and not in others. It also describes how waiting times are measured in OECD countries, which differ widely, and makes recommendations for best practice. Finally, it reviews different policy approaches to tackling excessive waiting times. Some countries have introduced guarantees to patients that they will not wait too long for treatment. These policies work only if they are accompanied by sanctions on health providers to ensure the guarantee is met or if they allow greater choice of health-care providers including the private sector. Many countries have also introduced policies to expand supply of surgical services, but these policies have generally not succeeded in the long-term in bringing down waiting times. Given the increasing demand for elective surgery, some countries have experimented with policies to improve priorisation of who is entitled to elective surgery. These policies are promising, but difficult to implement.
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    Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780226923048
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 263 p.) , Ill.
    DDC: 305.8009667
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1950-2012 ; Schwarze ; Weiße ; Wertorientierung ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Rassenpolitik ; Blacks Race identity ; Race awareness ; Heritage tourism ; African diaspora ; Ghana ; Ghana Race relations
    Abstract: What is the meaning of blackness in Africa? This title tackles the question of race in West Africa through its post-colonial manifestations. Pierre examines key facets of contemporary Ghanaian society, from the pervasive significance of 'whiteness' to the practice of chemical skin-bleaching to the government's active promotion of Pan-African 'heritage tourism'.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264194564
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (265 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A good life in old age?
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    Keywords: Häusliche Pflege ; Dienstleistungsqualität ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Altenpflege ; Medizinische Versorgung ; Langzeitbetreuung
    Abstract: As ageing societies are pushing a growing number of frail old people into needing care, delivering quality long-term care services – care that is safe, effective, and responsive to needs – has become a priority for governments. Yet much still remains to be done to enhance evidence-based measurement and improvement of quality of long-term care services across EU and OECD countries. This book offers evidence and examples of useful experiences to help policy makers, providers and experts measure and improve the quality of long-term care services.
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    ISBN: 9780199653614
    Language: English
    Pages: xvi, 335 Seiten , Diagramme (schwarz-weiß)
    Edition: First published in paperback
    DDC: 331.620941
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    Keywords: 1976-2008 ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Migrationspolitik ; Arbeitsangebot ; Gesundheitswesen ; Bauwirtschaft ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Großbritannien ; Foreign workers ; Foreign workers Government policy ; Labor supply ; Labor mobility ; Sammelwerk ; Kongressschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großbritannien ; Einwanderung ; Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt
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    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199653805
    Language: English
    Pages: XXI, 343 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First published in paperback
    DDC: 325.1
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    Keywords: Internationale Migration ; Global Governance ; Migrationspolitik ; Welt ; Emigration and immigration International cooperation ; Einwanderung ; Auswanderung ; Politik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammelwerk ; Kongressschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Einwanderung ; Auswanderung ; Politik
    Note: Literaturangaben , Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199660094
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 344 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Edition: First edition
    Series Statement: Studies of policy reform
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 325.4
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    Keywords: Communities. Classes. Races ; Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration ; Economic theory. Demography ; Immigration ; Integration of immigrants ; Cultural integration ; Economic integration ; European models of integration ; Akkulturation ; Einwanderung ; Europa ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Einwanderung ; Akkulturation
    Description / Table of Contents: The concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity are at the forefront of the political debate in many western societies. In Europe, the discussion is stimulated by the political pressures associated with immigration flows, which are increasing in many European countries. The imperatives that current immigration trends impose on European democracies bring to light a number of issues that need to be addressed. What are the patterns and dynamics of cultural integration? How do they differ across immigrants of different ethnic groups and religious faiths? How do they differ across host societies? What are the implications and consequences for market outcomes and public policy? Which kind of institutional contexts are more or less likely to accommodate the cultural integration of immigrants? All these questions are crucial for policy makers and await answers. This book aims to provide a stepping stone to the debate. Taking an economic perspective, this edited book presents a current, comparative picture of the process of cultural integration of immigrants across Europe. It documents the main economic debates on the causes and consequences of cultural integration of immigrants, and provides detailed descriptions of the cultural and economic integration process in seven main European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It also compares the European context with the integration of immigrants in the United States
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    Gainesville, [Fla.] : University Press of Florida | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780813043975
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 250 p.)
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1775-2008 ; Auswanderung ; Einwanderung ; Kolonialismus ; Djihad ; Globalisierung ; Algerians ; Algerien ; Algeria History ; Algeria Emigration and immigration
    Abstract: This account of Algeria through its migratory history begins in the last quarter of the eighteenth century by looking at forced migration through the slave trade. It moves through the colonial era and continues into Algeria's turbulent postcolonial experience.
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    Online Resource
    Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9781452948003
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 265 p.)
    DDC: 990
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    Keywords: Maori ; Außenbeziehungen ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Migration ; Ethnische Identität ; Literatur ; Maori (New Zealand people) Ethnic identity ; Indigenous peoples History ; Maori (New Zealand people) Migrations ; History ; Regionalism ; Maori (New Zealand people) Intellectual life ; New Zealand literature Maori authors ; History and criticism ; Neuseeland ; Ozeanien ; Oceania Ethnic relations ; Oceania Emigration and immigration ; History ; New Zealand Relations ; Oceania Relations
    Abstract: Native identity is usually associated with a particular place. But what if that place is the ocean? This book explores this question as it considers how Māori and other Pacific peoples frame their connection to the ocean, to New Zealand, and to each other through various creative works. This book shows how and when Māori and other Pacific peoples articulate their ancestral history as migratory seafarers, drawing their identity not only from land but also from water.
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264123571
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (188 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. De l'aide au développement ; La lutte mondiale contre la pauvreté
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. De la ayuda al desarrollo ; El combate internacional de la pobreza
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Keeley, Brian From aid to development
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    Keywords: Armut ; Entwicklung ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Economics ; OECD ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Rezession ; Entwicklungsländer ; Armut ; Bekämpfung
    Abstract: The balance of economic power is shifting. Countries that were once poor are becoming economic powerhouses. Yet poverty persists worldwide, depriving billions of people of basic necessities and the prospects of creating a better life. How are we responding to this challenge? This book explores the multi-faceted world of aid and development co-operation – a range of global, and sometimes contested, efforts aimed at reducing the impact of poverty. It traces the history of these efforts, explains where they come from and where they are going, and asks whether they are achieving as much as they could. It also examines some of the ways in which development efforts can be made more effective in achieving lasting benefits through good governance and the creation of a deeper partnership between developed and developing countries. And it looks at how the economic emergence of countries like China and India is bringing a new dynamic to development co-operation.
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264178014
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (92 p.)
    Series Statement: Better Aid
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'efficacité de l'aide dans le secteur de la santé ; Progrès et enseignements
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aid effectiveness in the health sector
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungszusammenarbeit ; Internationale Kooperation ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Gesundheitsfürsorge ; Effektivität ; Wirkung ; Auswirkung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer
    Abstract: Aid plays an important role in reducing poverty and inequality, stimulating growth, building capacity, promoting human development and accelerating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Effective aid is critical both to maximise the impact of aid and to achieve long-term, sustainable development. Aid to the health sector has increased substantially over the last 20 years from USD 5 billion in 1990 to USD 21.8 billion in 2007. Consisting of a growing and diverse range of actors, aid to the health sector faces complex governance and management challenges: for example, donors inadvertedly invest in duplicate and fragmented efforts, while partners are unable to take full responsibility and leadership. By reviewing these challenges against the aid effectiveness principles outlined in the landmark 2005 Paris Declaration and 2008 Accra Agenda for Action, this report provides insight and expounds lessons from the health sector to the broader challenges of aid effectiveness. Health, then, is used as a “tracer” sector to help assess the risks and benefits of the diverse range of actors, and promote co-ordination and coherence among development programmes. This work is the result of a collaboration between the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness – an inclusive, international forum with the aim of improving aid delivery – through its Task Team on Health as a Tracer Sector and the World Trade Organization.
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264179370
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (352 Seiten) , 21 x 28cm
    DDC: 305.42
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    Keywords: Education ; Employment ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health
    Abstract: Gender gaps are pervasive in all walks of economic life and imply large losses in terms of foregone productivity and living standards to the individuals concerned and the economy. This new OECD report focuses on how best to close these gender gaps under four broad headings: 1) Gender equality, social norms and public policies; and gender equality in 2) education; 3) employment and 4) entrepreneurship. Key policy messages are as follows:-Greater gender equality in educational attainment has a strong positive effect on economic growth;-Stereotyping needs to be addressed in educational choices at school from a young age. For example, adapt teaching strategies and material to increase engagement of boys in reading and of girls in maths and science; encourage more girls to follow science, engineering and maths courses in higher education and seek employment in these fields;-Good and affordable childcare is a key factor for better gender equality in employment. But change also has to happen at home as the bulk of housework and caring is left to women in many countries. Policy can support such change, for example, through parental leave policies that explicitly include fathers.-Support policies for women-owned enterprises need to target all existing firms, not just start-ups and small enterprises. Equal access to finance for male and female entrepreneurs needs to be assured
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264171534
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (173 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Trouver ses marques ; Les indicateurs de l'OCDE sur l'intégration des immigrés 2012
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Integration von Zuwanderern; OECD-Indikatoren 2012
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Settling in
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    Keywords: 2000-2012 ; Migranten ; Integration ; Soziale Integration ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; OECD ; Einwanderung ; Soziale Integration
    Abstract: This publication highlights how immigrants and their children are integrating into OECD societies, judging their progress against key indicators. Many areas are considered (material living conditions, health, education, labour market, civic engagement) as integration is a multi-dimensional issue. Measures of outcomes, as well as of progress made over the past decade, are presented in comparison with outcomes of a reference group (the population born in the country of residence). Three series of questions are addressed: 1) To what extent does the average performance of immigrants differ from that of the native-born?; 2) Can these differences be explained by structural effects (different distributions by age, educational level, etc.)?; 3) How has integration record evolved over the past decade? An introductory chapter provides a detailed description of the populations under review (foreign-born persons and households, as well as native-born offspring of immigrants). The final chapter gives an overview on discrimination issues, as this is one possible source of persistent disadvantages of immigrants and their children.  
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264122314
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (224 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Health reform
    DDC: 362.1/042
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsreform ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Morbidität ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gesundheitswesen ; Reform ; Morbidität
    Abstract: When the OECD was founded in 1961, health systems were gearing themselves up to deliver acute care interventions. Sick people were to be cured in hospitals, then sent on their way again. Medical training was focused on hospitals; innovation was to develop new interventions; payment systems were centred around single episodes of care. Health systems have delivered big improvements in health since then, but they can be slow to adapt to new challenges. In particular, these days, the overwhelming burden of disease is chronic, for which ‘cure’ is out of our reach. Health policies have changed to some extent in response, though perhaps not enough. But the challenge of the future is that the typical recipient of health care will be aged and will have multiple morbidities. This book examines how payment systems, innovation policies and human resource policies need to be modernised so that OECD health systems will continue to generate improved health outcomes in the future at a sustainable cost.
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    Online Resource
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199600458 , 9780191723544 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780191723544
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 325.1
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    Keywords: Einwanderung ; Auswanderung ; Politik ; Migration ; Internationale Kooperation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: In the context of the growing politicisation of migration, a debate has emerged in policy and academia on the need to develop global governance on migration to facilitate better inter-state cooperation. This book provides an introduction to the institutions, politics and normative dimensions of international migration.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264098732
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (276 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Assurer le bien-être des familles
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Doing Better for Families; (Korean version)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Doing better for families
    DDC: 361.61021
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    Keywords: Familienpolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Familienhilfe
    Abstract: All OECD governments want to give parents more choice in their work and family decisions. This book looks at the different ways in which governments support families. It seeks to provide answers to questions like: Is spending on family benefits going up, and how does it vary by the age of the child? Has the crisis affected public support for families? What is the best way of helping adults to have the number of children they desire? What are the effects of parental leave programmes on female labour supply and on child well-being? Are childcare costs a barrier to parental employment and can flexible workplace options help? What is the best time for mothers to go back to work after childbirth? And what are the best policies to reduce poverty among sole parents?
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    ISBN: 9789264126398
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (160 p.)
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gagnon, Jason Tackling the policy challenges of migration
    DDC: 325
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    Keywords: Internationale Migration ; Migrationspolitik ; Arbeitsmigranten ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development
    Abstract: This book contributes to the current debate on migration policy, focusing on three main elements in the standard migration policy dialogue: the regulation of flows, the integration of immigrants and the impact of labour mobility on development. In particular it argues that the current governance of international migration is both insufficient and inefficient. Restrictive and non-cooperative migration policies not only affect development in sending countries but also have counterproductive effects in the countries that implement them. Likewise, the lack of integration policies generates costs for society. In this respect, the book focuses on South-South migration and highlights the specific risks of neglecting integration in developing countries. It also analyses the effects of emigration on origin-country labour markets and underlines the externalities of immigration policies in migrant-sending countries. The book explores the feasibility of implementing a coherent governance framework centred on three complementary objectives: i) a more flexible regulation of international migration flows; ii) a better integration of immigrants in developing countries; and iii) a higher impact of labour mobility on development.
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264119536
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (388 Seiten) , 21 x 28cm
    DDC: 339.209177
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    Keywords: Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics
    Abstract: In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality as measured by GINI increased in a large majority of OECD countries. This occurred even when countries were going through a period of sustained economic and employment growth. This report analyses the major underlying forces behind these developments. It examines to which extent economic globalisation, skill-biased technological progress and institutional and regulatory reforms have had an impact on the distribution of earnings. The report further provides evidence of how changes in family formation and household structures have altered household earnings and income inequality. And it documents how tax and benefit systems have changed in the ways they redistribute household incomes. The report discusses which policies are most promising to counter increases in inequalities and how the policy mix can be adjusted when public budgets are under strain. "Analyses rely on simple statistical techniques that are accessible to a large readership... the graphic and charts are of great help to gain a quick visual grasp of the various issues addressed." -Choice
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264120914
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (160 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Health Systems
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens de l'OCDE des systèmes de santé; Suisse 2011
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als OECD OECD reviews of health systems
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Krankenversicherung ; Gesundheitsberufe ; Gesundheitsreform ; Schweiz ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Switzerland ; Schweiz ; Krankenversicherung ; Gesundheitswesen ; Reform
    Abstract: Five years after the first Review of Switzerland’s health system, the OECD and the World Organization combined their expertise again to report on progress and implementation of health reforms in the Swiss health system. In addition to taking stock of the good overall performance of the Swiss health system, the two organizations propose concrete ways to help the system be more efficient and prepare for the future health needs of the Swiss population. The report focuses on three important issues: health insurance markets, health workforce planning and management and governance of the health system.
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  • 41
    ISBN: 9789264097759
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (328 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Besoin d'aide ? ; La prestation de services et le financement de la dépendance
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Help wanted?
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    Keywords: Ältere Menschen ; Häusliche Pflege ; Pflegeversicherung ; Finanzierung ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Finanzierung ; Krankenpflege ; Langzeitbetreuung ; Private Krankenversicherung
    Abstract: This book examines the challenges countries are facing with regard to providing and paying for long-term care. With populations ageing and the need for long-term care growing rapidly, this book looks at such issues as: future demographic trends, policies to support family carers, long-term care workers, financing arrangements, long-term care insurance, and getting better value for money in long-term care. “WHO recognizes that long-term care represents a major challenge for all countries in the world, with important implications for economic development and for the health and well-being of older people. This well-documented book provides a comparative analysis of the common challenges and diverse solutions OECD countries are adopting to respond to the growing demand for long-term care services, and particularly its implications for financing and labour markets. It provides much needed evidence to guide policy makers and individuals.” -Dr John Beard, Director, Department of Ageing and Life Course, World Health Organization “This carefully researched book offers invaluable data and insights into the organization and financing of long-term care in OECD countries. The book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in international long-term care”. -Dr. Joshua M. Wiener, Distinguished Fellow and Program Director of RTI’s Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care Program, United States
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264075160
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (148 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Denmark 2010
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Dänemark ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Denmark ; Dänemark ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: This report contains - for Denmark - a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners. The report is based on the proceedings of a seminar and is published in English only. However, a French translation of the summary and main recommendations has been included in this volume.
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    ISBN: 9789264088368
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (312 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tackling inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa
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    Keywords: Einkommensverteilung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Sozialpolitik ; Brasilien ; China ; Indien ; Südafrika ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Brazil ; China, People’s Republic ; India ; South Africa ; Brasilien ; China ; Indien ; Südafrika ; Beschäftigung ; Einkommensverteilung ; Ungleichheit ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: Greater integration into the world economy and important policy reforms have resulted in Brazil, China, India and South Africa becoming major actors in the globalisation process, with impressive results in terms of economic growth, social development and poverty reduction. But the benefits of stronger growth have not always been shared equally and income inequality has remained at very high levels. Existing evidence suggests that the evolution of the distribution of income in these four countries is the result of many forces. These include demographic change, migration, unequal access to education, informal employment, existing regulations and their enforcement, social norms and cultural legacy. These forces are often interlinked and reinforce one another. However, as employment is the primary source of income for most households, understanding the impact of labour market outcomes is crucial. This book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both shaping and addressing these inequalities. It includes the papers presented at the joint OECD and European Union High-Level Conference on Inequalities in Emerging Economies held in Paris in May 2010. This work is part of OECD’s ongoing dialogue and co-operation with non-member economies around the world.
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    ISBN: 9789264084865
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (268 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'obésité et l'économie de la prévention ; Objectif santé
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. L'obésité et l'économie de la prévention : Objectif santé
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sassi, Franco Obesity and the economics of prevention
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    Keywords: Körpergewicht ; Gesundheitsvorsorge ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Übergewicht ; Wirtschaftliche Situation ; Prävention ; Fettsucht ; Prävention ; Gesundheitsökonomie
    Abstract: Before 1980, rates were generally well below 10%. They have since doubled or tripled in many countries, and in almost half of the OECD, 50% or more of the population is overweight. A key risk factor for numerous chronic diseases, obesity is a major public health concern. This book contributes to evidence-based policy making by exploring multiple dimensions of the obesity problem. It examines the scale and characteristics of the epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions. It outlines an economic approach to the prevention of chronic diseases that provides novel insights relative to a more traditional public health approach. The analysis was undertaken by the OECD, partly in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The main chapters are complemented by special contributions from health and obesity experts, including Marc Suhrcke, Tim Lobstein, Donald Kenkel and Francesco Branca. “a valuable set of results and suggestions about the best preventive interventions to reduce the burden of obesity.” – Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health “The positive message of this book is that the obesity epidemic can be successfully addressed.” – Ala Alwan, Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization “innovative and well-researched” – Martin McKee, Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine "A timely, valuable volume on a critical issue. Highly recommended."-Choice, July 2011
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    ISBN: 9789264095830
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (312 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Open for business
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    Keywords: Unternehmer ; Unternehmensgründung ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Industry and Services ; Aufsatzsammlung ; OECD ; Entrepreneurship ; Einwanderer ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Migrants contribute to the economic growth of their host countries in many ways, bringing new skills and competencies with them and helping to reduce labour shortages. An aspect that has received only limited attention up to now is migrants’ contribution to entrepreneurial activity and employment creation in their host countries. In OECD countries, entrepreneurship is slightly higher among immigrants than natives and the total number of persons employed in migrant businesses is substantial, although the survival rate of these businesses is often lower than that of their native counterparts. Migrant entrepreneurship has gone beyond traditional ethnic businesses, into a wide range of sectors and innovative areas. Greater knowledge of migrant entrepreneurship is essential if policy makers are to better support migrant enterprises and their role in economic growth and job creation. In addition, increasing awareness of the positive role that migrants can play as entrepreneurs could contribute to a more balanced public debate on immigration. Taking a cross-country perspective, this publication sheds light on these issues and more, discussing policy options to foster the development and success of migrant businesses. It is a compilation of papers presented at a June 2010 conference organised by the OECD Secretariat, with the financial support of the Swedish and Turkish authorities, and the Dutch-Turkish Businessmen Association (HOTIAD).
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    ISBN: 9789264094901
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (212 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Systèmes de santé ; efficacité et politiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Systèmes de santé : efficacité et politiques
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Health care systems
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsversorgung ; Gesundheitsökonomik ; Gesundheitspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik
    Abstract: People in OECD countries are healthier than ever before, as shown by longer life expectancy and lower mortality for diseases such as cancer. At the same time, total spending on health care now absorbs over 9% of GDP on average in the OECD. Achieving value for money in the health care sector is an important objective in all OECD countries. The book takes an in-depth look at health care in OECD countries today. What is the status of people’s health? How do we measure health outcomes? How do we assess the efficiency of health care systems? How are health policies and institutions linked with the performance of health care systems? The chapters explore the answers to such questions. They cover: trends in health care outcomes and spending; ways of assessing efficiency; new indicators of health care policies and institutions; and the characteristics and performance of health care systems.
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    ISBN: 9789264086395
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (256 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Equal opportunities?
    DDC: 331.62083
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    Keywords: Migranten ; Kinder ; Arbeitsmarkt ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Konferenzschrift ; Einwanderer ; Generation 2 ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: The integration of the children of immigrants – both those born in the host country (the “second generation”) and those who arrived young enough to be educated in the host country – is of growing policy relevance for OECD countries. This group is entering the labour market in ever larger numbers, and their outcomes are often seen as the benchmark for successful integration policy. The labour market integration of the children of immigrants is an area where comparative international knowledge is gradually evolving, but still underdeveloped. Recent work by the OECD has shown that the children of immigrants tend to have lower employment outcomes than the children of natives in most countries. This technical seminar proceedings sheds light on the issues involved in the labour market integration of the children of immigrants, and discusses policy answers and good practices. The seminar was organised jointly by the the EU Commission and the OECD Secretariat in Brussels on 1 and 2 October 2009.
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    ISBN: 9789264084612
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (156 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Améliorer l'efficacité du secteur de la santé ; Le rôle des technologies de l'information et des communications
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Améliorer l'efficacité du secteur de la santé : Le rôle des technologies de l'information et des communications
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Improving health sector efficiency
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Informationstechnik ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Science and Technology ; Gesundheitswesen ; Informationstechnik ; Effizienzsteigerung
    Abstract: Despite the promise they hold out, implementing information and communication technologies (ICTs) in clinical care has proven to be a very difficult undertaking. More than a decade of efforts provide a picture of significant public investments, resulting in both notable successes and some highly publicised costly delays and failures. This has been accompanied by a failure to achieve widespread understanding among the general public and the medical profession of the benefits of electronic record keeping and information exchange. With consistent cross-country information on these issues largely absent, the OECD has used lessons learned from case studies in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States to identify the opportunities offered by ICTs and to analyse under what conditions these technologies are most likely to result in efficiency and quality-of-care improvements. The findings highlight a number of practices or approaches that could usefully be employed in efforts to improve and accelerate the adoption and use of these technologies.
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    ISBN: 9789264088818
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (200 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Optimiser les dépenses de santé
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Value for money in health spending
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    Keywords: Gesundheitskosten ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Science and Technology ; Gesundheitsausgaben ; Reform ; Kostendämpfung
    Abstract: Health spending continues to rise inexorably, growing faster than the economy in most OECD countries. Most of this spending comes from the public purse. Given the recent economic downturn, countries are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of health spending. This publication examines current efforts to improve health care efficiency, including tools that show promise in helping health systems provide the best care for their money, such as pay for performance, co-ordination of care, health technology assessment and clinical guidelines, pharmaceutical re-imbursement and risk-sharing agreements, and information and communication technology.
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  • 50
    ISBN: 9789264087095
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (136 p.)
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Principes de l'OCDE sur la réglementation des pensions professionnelles ; Méthodologie pour l'évaluation et la mise en œuvre
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Principes de l'OCDE sur la réglementation des pensions professionnelles : Méthodologie pour l'évaluation et la mise en œuvre
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als OECD OECD principles of occupational pension regulation
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    Keywords: Betriebliche Altersversorgung ; Regulierung ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Betriebliche Altersversorgung ; OECD ; Evaluation
    Abstract: Occupational pensions play a major role in OECD countries and worldwide, complementing retirement income from state sources. At the end of 2009, private pension savings reached USD 25 trillion. Population ageing has led many OECD countries to undertake a wide range of pension reforms – the overall effect of which has been to reduce public pension promises and, in turn, to increase the importance of private pension savings for retirement. The Core Principles cover seven key areas: i) Conditions for effective regulation and supervision; ; ii) Establishment of pension plans, pension funds, and pension fund managing companies; iii) Pension plan liabilities, funding rules, winding up, and insurance; iv) Asset Management; v) Rights of members and beneficiaries and adequacy of benefits; vi) Governance; and vii) Supervision. Each of the seven core principles consists of a main text and a set of implementing guidelines. In the case of the core principle of supervision, the supporting guidelines integrate the IOPS Principles of Private Pension Supervision. The Methodology provides a structured approach for evaluating a jurisdiction’s occupational pension regulatory system in relation to the OECD Core Principles of Occupational Pension Regulation.
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    ISBN: 9789264082106
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (188 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Greece 2010
    DDC: 331.34
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Griechenland ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Greece ; Griechenland ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Greece contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners. The report is based on the proceedings of a seminar and is published in English only. However, a French translation of the summary and main recommendations has been included in this volume.
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    ISBN: 9789264082120
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (124 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Estonia
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Sozialpolitik ; Estland ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Estonia ; Estland ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: OECD's comprehensive 2010 review of labour market and social policies in Estonia. It finds that since Estonia regained its independence in 1991, its labour and social policies have been marked by a strong commitment to fiscal prudence, flexible markets, and work incentives. Labour market performance steadily improved during the mid-1990s and beyond, until the advent of the global economic crisis in 2008. Estonia was not well prepared for the slowdown and its economy has been hit especially hard. The downturn has required painful policy adjustments. Today, Estonia’s public social spending remains among the lowest in the OECD; its social programmes support persons in need, but the benefits they receive are usually modest and some of the jobless receive no benefits. However, the country offers one of the world's most generous parental-benefit programmes and has begun to phase in a three-tier pension system.
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    ISBN: 9789264079267
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (286 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Israel
    DDC: 331.12095694
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Sozialpolitik ; Israel ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Israel ; Israel ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigungsentwicklung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Minderheitenfrage ; Armut
    Abstract: This 2009 review of Israeli labour market and social policy finds that Israel has enjoyed strong economic growth over the last decade, but the benefits of this are being distributed unevenly. Poverty rates are higher than in any OECD country, which reflects the deep social and economic divides in Israeli society. On one side, there is the general Jewish population with poverty and employment rates similar to those of OECD countries. On the other, there are Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, who have large families, poor educational outcomes and low employment rates. As a result, just over half of Arab and Haredi families live in poverty. Almost half of all children entering primary school in Israel come from one of these two groups, so profound policy changes are needed to prevent future generations of Arabs and Haredim from being scarred by the disadvantages these population groups face today. Tackling the root causes of such deep inequality would greatly enhance the dynamism of the Israeli economy. Greater investment to help workers improve their skills is urgently needed. Welfare-to-work programmes need to be restructured and extended, including by reducing child benefits paid to families who are able to work but do not and by sharply increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit to tackle in-work poverty more effectively. And access to means-tested income supports for the neediest should be improved. Israel has failed to enforce many aspects of its labour legislation, contributing to poor employment conditions for many resident, cross-border and foreign low-income workers. Rules to overcome discrimination against all workers need to be enforced, and the illegal hiring and employment of temporary foreign workers need to be stamped out. Progress has been made in many of these areas. New legislation and initiatives have been introduced. The challenge is how to make reform work in practice. The consequences of not doing so would be devastating.
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    ISBN: 9789264056015
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (250 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: West African Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les enjeux régionaux des migrations ouest-africaines ; Perspectives africaines et européennes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trémolières, Marie Regional challenges of West African migration
    DDC: 325/.266
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    Keywords: Economic Community of West African States ; Internationale Migration ; Westafrika ; Internationale Migration ; Zuwanderer ; Repatriierung ; Migrationspolitik ; Freizügigkeit ; Internationale Organisation ; Politik ; Fallstudie ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Westafrika ; Europa ; Maghreb ; Mauretanien ; Senegal ; Westafrika ; Flüchtling
    Abstract: This publication presents contributions by international experts on various aspects of West African migration. It provides a contrasting perspective to current debates which essentially focus on security issues. This rather non-institutional approach promotes a constant dialogue based on analyses of the actual situation: the authors encourage "win-win" mobility for all parties involved (Europe, North Africa and West Africa), whether it be a host, transit or departure country.
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    ISBN: 9789264077263
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (126 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Poland
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Polen ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Poland ; Polen ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: First experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Poland contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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    ISBN: 9789264060098
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (190 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Promoting consumer education
    DDC: 381.33
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    Keywords: Verbraucherpolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Verbrauchererziehung ; Verbraucherschutz ; Internationaler Vergleich ; OECD
    Abstract: Consumers today are challenged by growing amounts of information and wider choices of products, requiring them to develop skills and knowledge for making good choices in complex markets. This publication examines the approaches that governments use to promote consumer education in OECD and some non-OECD countries, highlighting the policies and measures that have been particularly effective. It also analyses recent trends, the role of stakeholders, steps being taken to evaluate the effectiveness of current programmes and the principal challenges.
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    ISBN: 9789264075290
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als United States
    DDC: 331.34
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; USA ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; United States ; USA ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik
    Abstract: First experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on the United States contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action.
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    ISBN: 9789264055513
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (274 p.)
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The changing boundaries of social enterprises
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    Keywords: Nonprofit-Organisation ; Sozialwirtschaft ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entrepreneurship ; Nonprofit-Organisation
    Abstract: Social enterprises are entering a new phase of consolidation after overcoming various challenges over the last 10 years in their efforts to foster sustainable local development, help create local wealth and jobs, and fight social exclusion. This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices based on new legislation that has been enacted, novel frontiers that have opened up, and support and financial tools that have been developed.
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    ISBN: 9789264060258
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (168 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ressources naturelles et croissance pro-pauvres ; Enjeux économiques et politiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ressources naturelles et croissance pro-pauvres : Enjeux économiques et politiques
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Natural resources and pro-poor growth
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    Keywords: Natürliche Ressourcen ; Armut ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture and Food ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This publication demonstrates that natural resources can contribute to growth, employment, exports and fiscal revenues in low-income countries, where natural capital constitutes a quarter of total wealth. It highlights the importance of policies encouraging the sustainable management of these resources. Moreover, it emphasises the need to address the political challenges of natural-resource management for long-term pro-poor economic growth. Part I provides an overview of the economics and politics of natural resources. It describes the unique features of natural resources and resulting management challenges, the role of sustainable natural resource management in supporting pro-poor growth, and the politics and governance of natural resources. It then offers recommendations for policy makers on how to support the approaches advocated in the paper. Part II examines these issues with respect to seven specific natural-resource sectors: fisheries, forests, wildlife and ecotourism, soil productivity, water security, minerals and renewable energy.
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    ISBN: 9789264074231
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (164 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Obtenir un meilleur rapport qualité-prix dans les soins de santé
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Achieving better value for money in health care
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    Keywords: Gesundheitskosten ; Gesundheitsreform ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Gesundheitspolitik
    Abstract: Rising public health care spending remains a problem in virtually all OECD and EU member countries. As a consequence, there is growing interest in policies that will ease this pressure through improved health system performance. This report examines selected policies that may help countries better achieve the goal of improved health system efficiency and thus better value for money. Drawing on multinational data sets and case studies, it examines a range policy instruments. These include: the role of competition in health markets; the scope for improving care coordination; better pharmaceutical pricing policies; greater quality control supported by stronger information and communication technology in health care; and increased cost sharing.
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  • 61
    ISBN: 9789264060203
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (150 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Australia
    DDC: 331.3/40994
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Australien ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Australia ; Australien ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. Getting off to a good start facilitates integration and lays the foundation for a good career, while a failure can be difficult to make up. This report contains - for Australia - a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, as well as a set of policy recommendations for further action.
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    ISBN: 9789264107113 , 9789264055780
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (172 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les migrations internationales ; Le visage humain de la mondialisation
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Internationale Migration; Die menschliche Seite der Globalisierung
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Keeley, Brian International migration
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    Keywords: OECD ; Internationale Migration ; Welt ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Internationale Migration ; Geschichte ; Globalisierung ; Bedeutung ; Rolle ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Einwanderer ; Überweisung ; Braindrain ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Sozialer Indikator ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Entwicklungsländer ; OECD ; Internationale Migration ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: About 190 million people around the world live outside their country of birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship and fresh ideas to our societies. But there are downsides: young migrants who fail in education, adults who don’t find work and, of course, unregulated migration. Such challenges can make migration a political lightning rod and a topic for angry debate. Drawing on the unique expertise of the OECD,this book moves beyond rhetoric to look at the realities of international migration today: Where do migrants come from and where do they go? How do governments manage migration? How well do migrants perform in education and in the workforce? And does migration help – or hinder – developing countries?
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    ISBN: 9789264068995
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (152 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Henrard, Valentine Slovenia
    DDC: 331.12094973
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Ältere Arbeitskräfte ; Flexicurity ; Sozialpolitik ; Slowenien ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Slovenia ; Slowenien ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigungsentwicklung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Rentenversicherung ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: This report analyses the main challenges for labour market and social policies in Slovenia and considers the available policy options from the perspective of OECD countries' experience. It finds that Slovenia has one of the most equal income distributions in the world and a tradition of social dialogue. However, its unemployment insurance and employment service system are not sufficient to deal effectively with the present economic crisis and the country is also faced with rapid population ageing and a low employment rate among 55-to-64 year olds. This report makes recommendations to deal with these issues.
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    ISBN: 9789264060616
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (183 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adema, Willem Chile
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Armut ; Einkommensverteilung ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Sozialpolitik ; Altersvorsorge ; Chile ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Chile ; Chile ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: This report analyses in detail the implications of recent developments in Chile's labour market and social policy and considers the available policy options from the perspective of OECD countries’ experience. The report finds that Chile has enjoyed rising living standards over two decades of strong economic growth. The incidence of poverty is now much lower and there is better access to adequate housing, education and healthcare. Nevertheless, Chile’s income distribution remains disturbingly unequal by OECD standards. This is partly due to Chile’s a relatively low employment rate, especially for women, but it also reflects a segmented labour market, where much of the recent job creation has occurred in relatively low-productive sectors. Moreover, despite the existence of an internationally renowned pension programme, Chile’s social protection system as a whole has still a relatively long way to go before reaching the standards of developed countries in terms of effective coverage and capacity to assist needy households. Chilean policy makers have begun to develop and implement a series of ambitious reforms, intended to promote the twin goals of work and equity.
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264061958
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (210 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Des emplois pour les jeunes/Jobs for Youth; France 2009
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als France
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ; Frankreich ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; France ; Frankreich ; Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik
    Abstract: First experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on France contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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    ISBN: 9789264076808
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pharmacogenetics
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    Keywords: Pharmakologie ; Gesundheitsökonomik ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Science and Technology ; Pharmakogenetik ; Innovation ; Gesundheitspolitik
    Abstract: Pharmacogenetics helps us understand the relationship between an individual’s genetic make-up and the way medicines work for each person. This book reviews the use of pharmacogenetics across all stages of the health innovation cycle from research through to uptake by doctors and patients. It focuses on how to optimise the use of pharmacogenetics to deliver effective innovations for public health, and design policies that enhance their economic and social benefits. The book argues for large-scale studies to validate the biomarkers that underpin pharmacogenetics and policies to share the cost and risk of using pharmacogenetics to improve the use of existing medicines. Governments and others need to align regulatory, reimbursement and other incentives and work with industry to measure better the impacts of pharmacogenetics. Health systems need to take positive steps to adapt to the use of pharmacogenetics and ensure that health professionals receive adequate training.
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    ISBN: 9789264041295
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (156 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Netherlands
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Niederlande ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Netherlands ; Niederlande ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. As labour markets become more and more selective, a lack of relevant skills brings a higher risk of unemployment. Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. OECD has launched a series of reports on the school-to-work transition process in sixteen countries including the Netherlands. Each report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations.
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    ISBN: 9780199871810 , 0199871817
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xii, 227 p.)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Garces-Foley, Kathleen The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches 2010
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Edwards, Korie L., 1970 - The elusive dream
    DDC: 277.3'083'089
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    Keywords: African Americans Religion ; Whites United States ; Religion ; African American public worship ; Public worship United States ; Race relations Religious aspects ; Christianity ; African Americans Religion ; Whites United States ; Religion ; African American public worship ; Public worship United States ; Race relations Religious aspects ; Christianity ; USA ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Kirchliches Leben
    Abstract: 'The Elusive Dream' demonstrates, through nuanced analysis and in-depth study, that interracial churches in fact help to perpetuate the very racial inequality they aim to abolish. The text raises provocative questions about the ongoing problem of race in the national culture.
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    ISBN: 9789264049208
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (140 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Norway
    DDC: 331.3409599
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Norwegen ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Norway ; Norwegen ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in many OECD countries and first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Norway, one of a series of country studies, surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in Norway, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work in the country, and presents set of policy recommendations. It finds that on most counts, the youth labour market in Norway performs well, but that the incidence of sickness and disability is unusually high, immigrant youth do not fare as well, and more needs to be done to ensure that all youth leave education with recognised qualifications.
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  • 70
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    ISBN: 9789264044197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (312 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Croissance et inégalités ; Distribution des revenus et pauvreté dans les pays de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mehr Ungleichheit trotz Wachstum?; Einkommensverteilung und Armut in OECD-Ländern
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Croissance et inégalités : Distribution des revenus et pauvreté dans les pays de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Mehr Ungleichheit trotz Wachstum?: Einkommensverteilung und Armut in OECD-Ländern
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Growing unequal?
    DDC: 339.2/2
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    Keywords: Einkommensverteilung ; Armut ; Sozialpolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; OECD ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Einkommensverteilung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Armut
    Abstract: Growing Unequal? brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while information on trends extending back to the mid-1980s is provided for around two-thirds of the countries. The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth, consumption patterns, in-kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and households. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the OECD, but the timing, intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media. Precisely how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change, so long as they take note of the sort of up-to-date evidence included in this report. This report includes StatLinks, URLs linking tables and graphs in the book to Excel® spreadsheets containing the data.
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  • 71
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    ISBN: 9789264046474
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (168 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als United Kingdom
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Großbritannien ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; United Kingdom ; Großbritannien ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Getting off to a good start in one's working life facilitates integration into the world of work and lays the foundation for a good career, while a failure can be difficult to make up. This report on the UK report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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  • 72
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    ISBN: 9789264055742 , 9789264107090
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (142 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le développement durable ; À la croisée de l'économie, de la société et de l'environnement
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Umwelt im Zusammenhang betrachtet
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Strange, Tracey Sustainable development
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Environment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: This book takes a careful look at the concept of sustainable development. What does it mean? How is it affected by production, consumption and globalisation? How it can be measured, and what can be done to promote it? The OECD produces data, research and policy recommendations on many issues related to sustainable development, including climate change, co-operation with developing countries and corporate social responsibility. OECD Insights: Sustainable Development draws on that expertise. It argues that to be sustainable, development has to be based on progress in three areas at once: the economy, society and the environment.
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  • 73
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    ISBN: 9789264056923
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Japan
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Japan ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Japan ; Japan ; Jugend ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in many OECD countries and first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Japan, one of a series of country studies, surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in Japan, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work in the country, and presents set of policy recommendations.
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  • 74
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    ISBN: 9789264044159
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (216 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les prix des médicaments sur un marché global ; Politiques et enjeux
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies in a Global Market; (Turkish version)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pharmaceutical pricing policies in a global market
    DDC: 338.436151
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    Keywords: Pharmaindustrie ; Arzneimittelmarkt ; Preisregulierung ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Industry and Services ; OECD ; Pharmazeutische Industrie ; Preispolitik ; Arzneimittelpreis ; Kostenerstattung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical policy making raises particular challenges in reconciling key objectives for health policy, such as ensuring affordable access to the latest effective drugs, with other important policy considerations, such as providing support to a valuable national industry. Unusually among health policy issues, it also raises international considerations that further complicate decision making, particularly as the nature and extent of such considerations are not well understood. This report assesses how pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies have contributed to the achievement of certain health policy objectives. It examines the national and transnational effects of these policies, in particular, their implications for the availability of medicines in other countries, the prices of these medicines, and innovation in the pharmaceutical sector. This publication presents an analysis of comparative price levels, making use of a unique dataset to construct the most comprehensive pan-OECD pharmaceutical price index to date. It also draws upon original case studies of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in six OECD countries to provide specific examples of the impacts of policies on health system performance.
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  • 75
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    ISBN: 9789264050440
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (96 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Health Policy Studies
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les personnels de santé dans les pays de l'OCDE ; Comment répondre à la crise imminente ?
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The looming crisis in the health workforce
    DDC: 331.1
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    Keywords: Gesundheitsberufe ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Berufsbildungspolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Welt ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; OECD ; Medizinisches Personal ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: In a world which is already characterised by significant international migration of health workers, OECD countries face a challenge in responding to the growing demand for doctors and nurses over the next 20 years. This book provides new information on the migration of health workers and migration policies and identifies possible ways forward. It is the main outcome of a joint OECD-WHO project on the management of health-related human resources and international migration.
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9789264048829
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (540 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Complementary and private pensions throughout the world 2008
    DDC: 331.252
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    Keywords: Altersvorsorge ; Private Altersvorsorge ; Welt ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Rentenversicherung ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This comprehensive and in-depth reference work provides detailed information on the regulation and supervision of voluntary and mandatory occupational pension plans as well as mandatory private pension schemes in 58 countries worldwide. Designed to be complementary to Social Security Programs throughout the World, each country profile contains information on the regulatory framework, the institutional framework, coverage, financing/investment, benefit provisions, benefit adjustment, disability, protection of rights, and regulatory and supervisory authorities. Complementary and Private Pensions Throughout the World 2008 is the product of the cooperative efforts of three key international bodies in the area of pensions: the International Social Security Association (ISSA), the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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  • 77
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    ISBN: 9789264032705
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (110 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Slovak Republic
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Slowakei ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Slovak Republic ; Slowakei ; Arbeitsvermittlung ; Junger Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. Getting off to a good start facilitates integration and lays the foundation for a good career, while a poor beginning can be difficult to make up. This report surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in the Slovak Republic, and assesses the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work. The report also provides a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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  • 78
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264041271
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (222 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Modernising social policy for the new life course
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    Keywords: Sozialpolitik ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Konferenzschrift 2007 ; OECD ; Soziale Sicherheit ; Sozialpolitik ; Anpassung ; Sozioökonomischer Wandel
    Abstract: This seminar proceedings examines whether the current designs of social protection systems in OECD societies are well-suited to contemporary life-course realities. It looks in detail at recent policy developments in OECD countries to develop more flexible time-based social policies, as well as related issues, such as asset-based welfare programmes, as well as policies to encourage redistribution of income and/or time over the life course and how these might be structured most effectively.
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  • 79
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    ISBN: 9789264107014 , 9789264029095 , 9789264048669
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (150 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Insights
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le capital humain ; Comment le savoir détermine notre vie
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Humankapital; Wie Wissen unser Leben bestimmt
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Capital humano ; Cómo influye en su vida lo que usted sabe
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Human Capital; How what you know shapes your life (Croatian version)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Keeley, Brian Human capital
    DDC: 338.4737
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    Keywords: Humankapital ; OECD-Staaten ; Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Economics ; Humankapital
    Abstract: This first book in the new OECD Insights Series examines the increasing economic and social importance of human capital - our education, skills, competencies, and knowledge. As economies in developed countries shift away from manufacturing, economic success for individuals and national economies is increasingly reliant on the quality of human capital. Raising human capital has emerged as a key policy priority, particularly for low-skilled individuals, who are at risk of being left even further behind. Policy in this area is focusing on early childhood development, improving quality and choice in schooling, creating excellence in tertiary education, and widening access to adult learning. Drawing on the research and analysis of the OECD, this dynamic new book uses straightforward language to explain how countries across the OECD area are responding to the challenge of raising their levels of human capital. This book includes Statlinks, URLs linking statistical tables and graphs in the text of the book to Excel spreadsheets showing the underlying data.
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  • 80
    ISBN: 9789264032439
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (157 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Empleo juvenil; España
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Empleo juvenil: España
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Spain
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Spanien ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Spain ; Spanien ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youth in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. Getting off to a good start facilitates integration and lays the foundation for a good career, while a poor beginning can be difficult to make up. Part of a series of reports on the school-to-work transition process in 16 countries, this report surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in Spain and assesses the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work. The report includes a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners in Spain.
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  • 81
    ISBN: 9789264012035
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Combattre l'exclusion ; L'aide sociale en Belgique, en Norvège, aux Pays-Bas et en République tchèque
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Combattre l'exclusion : L'aide sociale en Belgique, en Norvège, aux Pays-Bas et en République tchèque
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Belgium ; Czech Republic ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Soziale Sicherheit ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Isolation
    Abstract: Institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins have been a feature of social life for centuries. Today, social assistance institutions have integration and encouragement as their goal. They seek to avoid exclusion and stigmatisation.Poverty can tear at the fabric of society. However, preventing hardship among those with no resources while reducing exclusion and marginalisation is no easy task. How can social assistance best balance these goals, minimising disincentives to paid employment? What can be done to promote independence and individual responsibility?This book compares the social assistance policies of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Norway. Although at first sight these countries appear very different, in fact the same policy dilemmas exist in the four countries. That local action is necessary to identify and help the excluded is accepted, but the balance between ensuring that sufficient resources are available at the local level while limiting budgets so as to ensure efficient use of resources is a continuing preoccupation. Governments stress their commitment to combat poverty, but benefits cannot be raised too high because this would harm work incentives. Different institutions sometimes disagree about whether benefit recipients are "job ready" or whether more social help is needed. No country has yet found a policy package which prevents exclusion, but innovative policies in each of these four countries are proving successful in limiting its extent.
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  • 82
    ISBN: 9789264033603
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (288 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jobs for immigrants ; Vol. 1: Labour market integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden
    DDC: 331.62091722
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmigranten ; Migranten ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Soziale Integration ; Australien ; Dänemark ; Deutschland ; Schweden ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Australia ; Denmark ; Germany ; Sweden ; Australien ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Einwanderer ; Integration ; Dänemark ; Deutschland ; Schweden
    Abstract: When immigrants arrive in a new country, they are confronted with new labour market requirements such as language proficiency, familiarity with job search procedures and work practices which they are not always able to satisfy. These obstacles affect not only new immigrants, but, surprisingly, their children too, even if the children are born and educated in the receiving country. This publication presents reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four OECD countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden), and provides country-specific recommendations. Governments have a role to play in promoting language and vocational training, and encouraging diversity in the workplace. Immigrants themselves must accept the requirements of the host country employers. The viability of future migration policies, in particular greater recourse to immigration, will depend to a large extent on how successful OECD countries and immigrants are in achieving these objectives.
    Note: Zs.fassung in franz. Sprache
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  • 83
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    ISBN: 9789264039889
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (250 p.)
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The social economy
    DDC: 338.74
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    Keywords: Sozialwirtschaft ; OECD-Staaten ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; OECD ; Nonprofit-Bereich ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Osteuropa ; Südosteuropa
    Abstract: Social economy -- also known as 'non-profit' or 'third sector' -- organisations have grown in number and relevance, contributing to employment, social inclusion, democratic participation and community building. Much remains to be done, however, to create the necessary enabling environment to support their creation and development and to mainstream the sector in economic and social policies. This publication offers new insights into the economic theory of social economy organisations, their role in an evolving political and economic context, and the links to local development and the empowerment of users. Building on theoretical and empirical developments in OECD member countries, the publication also presents the main challenges for the social economy in Central East and South East Europe. Recommendations for action are included.
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  • 84
    ISBN: 9789264024786
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (319 p.)
    Series Statement: DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Vers une croissance pro-pauvres ; Orientations à l'intention des donneurs
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Vers une croissance pro-pauvres : Orientations à l'intention des donneurs
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Promoting pro-poor growth
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    Keywords: Armut ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Privatwirtschaft ; Landwirtschaft ; Infrastruktur ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture and Food ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: For aid donors, the pro-poor growth agenda is not business as usual and more of the same will not be sufficient. Focusing on pro-poor growth and income poverty, Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Policy Guidance for Donors identifies binding constraints and offers policies and strategies to address them. Policy recommendations aim to help change donor behaviour and pave the way for more effective development co-operation in these areas. This compendium pays special attention to the role of private sector development, agriculture and infrastructure in pro-poor growth – areas that were neglected by many donors during the 1990s but are currently receiving renewed attention in the international development agenda. It also presents a methodology for conducting ex-ante poverty impact assessment, a valuable tool for those whose aim is to maximise the poverty reducing impacts of development interventions.
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  • 85
    ISBN: 9789264040809
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (126 p.)
    Series Statement: Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Korea
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    Keywords: Junge Arbeitskräfte ; Südkorea ; Employment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Korea, Republic of ; Südkorea ; Jugendlicher Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Improving the performance of youths in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. This report, part of a series which looks at the school-to-work transition process in sixteen countries, contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people in Korea, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9789264027077
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (118 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sweden
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    Keywords: Ältere Menschen ; Schweden ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Sweden ; Schweden ; Alter
    Abstract: As the share of the population aged 65 and over grows rapidly in the next decades across most of the OECD, the number of fall-related injuries could rise dramatically, and with it, the strains on hospitals, medical services, social services and public budgets. This OECD review of risk management policies focuses on Sweden because, with the ageing of its society already at a quite advanced stage, it exemplifies many of the current and future problems that OECD countries face in addressing fall-related injuries and fatalities among the elderly. The report looks at Sweden's policies in the area of older people's safety and well-being, seeking out and identifying good practices and areas where improvements could be made. It offers lessons that other countries can also draw from. While the report underscores the importance of the management of fall accidents, it also emphasizes the more general point that multidisciplinary and forward-looking approaches to safety and risk are essential for any policy concerning older people.
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  • 87
    ISBN: 9789264037410
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (89 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Faire des migrations un atout ; Pour un nouveau système de mobilité
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gaining from migration
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmigranten ; Welt ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Internationale Migration ; Migration
    Abstract: This report presents a summary of recommendations on how we can all gain from migration. They are the result of a multi-faceted project undertaken in partnership with the European Commission to rethink the management of the emerging mobility system. New ideas, based on an exhaustive review of past policy experiences in Europe and elsewhere, are offered for policies related to labour markets, integration, development co-operation and the engagement of diasporas.
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  • 88
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    ISBN: 9789264034181
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.)
    Series Statement: CERI collection
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Comprendre l'impact social de l'éducation
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Schuller, Tom Understanding the social outcomes of learning
    DDC: 306.432
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    Keywords: Bildungsinvestition ; Bildungsertrag ; Soziale Folgen ; Education Social aspects ; OECD countries ; Education ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Lebenslanges Lernen ; Humankapital ; Gesundheit ; Fähigkeit ; Soziales Engagement
    Abstract: Education is vital for economic success, both at the national and the individual level. But education also has significant social effects. This report is OECD’s first attempt to gather and synthesise developments in measuring these social effects. The report focuses on two broad areas: health, and civic and social engagement. In general, better educated people are healthier, and take more part in civic activities. Why should this be so? This publication draws on findings from 13 OECD countries (Austria, Flemish Belgium, Canada, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom [England and Scotland] and the United States) to provide new models and insights into these important contemporary issues.
    Note: Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Comprendre l'impact social de l'éducation
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  • 89
    ISBN: 0195163451 , 9780195163452
    Language: English
    Pages: VIII, 254 S. , Ill.
    DDC: 325.73
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    Keywords: Immigrants ; Citizenship ; United States Emigration and immigration ; Government policy ; USA ; Einbürgerung ; Einwanderung ; USA ; Einwanderung ; Einbürgerung
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: immigrants in AmericaContract and classical immigration law -- Promises, promises -- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction -- Alienage and the ties that bind -- The most tender connections -- The lost story of Americans in waiting -- Transition at a crossroads -- The meaning of transition -- Race, belonging, and transition -- Taking transition seriously -- Conclusion : the idea of Americans in waiting.
    Note: Literaturangaben und Index
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  • 90
    ISBN: 926402896X , 9789264028968
    Language: English
    Pages: 322 p. , ill. , 16x23cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. De l'immigration à l'intégration : Des solutions locales à un défi mondial
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    Keywords: Manpower policy ; Immigrants Cultural assimilation ; Foreign workers Government policy ; OECD countries Emigration and immigration ; Government policy ; Einwanderung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Integration ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: The integration of immigrants at the local level is a topic of significant interest for OECD countries. The growing importance of the knowledge economy means that the battle for talent is becoming as important as the battle for inward investment, and skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local labor markets, as long as their potential is harnessed. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where rising living costs make lower paid jobs unattractive to the native population, and where demographic change and population movement combine to reduce the self-sufficiency of local labor markets. For the potential advantages of migration to be maximized, however, it is crucial that immigration is accompanied by integration, that is, effective mechanisms for ensuring immigrants are effectively incorporated into local labor markets. Paradoxically, at the same time that migration is increasing in global importance, there is worrying evidence that integration results do not seem to be as favorable in a number of countries as they were in the past.--Publisher summary
    Description / Table of Contents: Integrating immigrants : finding the right policy mix to tackle a governance problem / by Sylvain GiguèreFrom immigration to integration : comparing local practices / by Francesca Froy -- Integrating immigrants in Canada : addressing skills diversity / by Bob Birrell and Elisabeth McIssac -- Innovating in the supply of services to meet the needs of immigrants in Italy / by Jonathan Chaloff -- Routes into employment for refugees : a review of local approaches in London / by Anne E. Green -- Local responses to a new issue : integrating immigrants in Spain / by Mary P. Corcoran -- Focusing on the young : integration in Switzerland / by Steve Fenton.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page (OECD iLibrary, viewed June 30, 2010)
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9789264025837
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p.)
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Health Systems
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens de l'OCDE des systèmes de santé ; Suisse 2006
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. OECD-Berichte über Gesundheitssysteme; Schweiz 2006
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens de l'OCDE des systèmes de santé : Suisse 2006
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. OECD-Berichte über Gesundheitssysteme: Schweiz 2006
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Colombo, Francesca Switzerland
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitsreform ; Schweiz ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Switzerland ; Schweiz
    Abstract: The Swiss population enjoys good health and universal access to a comprehensive range of modern health services, but policy makers are faced with considerable policy challenges, particularly to contain fast-growing health spending and improve value for money. This book analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the Swiss health system. It weighs them against the key policy objectives of health-system effectiveness and responsiveness, access to care and equitable financing, efficient supply of services, and financial sustainability. The report assesses new proposals for reform of the health system and provides policy recommendations to help address current and upcoming challenges facing the Swiss authorities.
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  • 92
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264013896
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (364 p.)
    Series Statement: The Development Dimension
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Migrations, transferts de fonds et développement
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Migration, remittances and development
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    Keywords: Rücküberweisungen ; Entwicklung ; Finanzsektor ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Migration ; Kapitalanlage ; Regionalentwicklung
    Abstract: This publication presents the current situation with regard to the magnitude and economic impact of migrants’ remittances to their countries of origin. In 2004, remittances exceeded official development aid in several emigration countries: they totalled USD 126 billion according to IMF estimates. The book surveys the channels used to collect these funds; the role of banking systems and other financial institutions; the introduction of new technologies and their impact on fund collection; how the funds are transferred; and how to reduce the costs. Focus is also placed on the different ways in which migrants themselves participate -- together with non-governmental organisations, host countries and sending countries -- to open up new avenues for policies on development aid and co-development. The direct role that migrants can play at the local level is highlighted. Several countries and regions are illustrated: Southern European countries, Mexico, Turkey, North African and sub-Saharan African countries, the Philippines and some Latin American countries.
    Description / Table of Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Introduction: International Migrant Remittances and their Role in Development; Part I. FINANCIAL FLOWS GENERATED BY EMIGRATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 1. Migrant Remittances and their Impact on Development in the Home Economies: The Case of Africa; Chapter 2. The Remittances of Moroccan Emigrants and their Usage; Chapter 3. Mexico: International Migration, Remittances and Development; Chapter 4. Migration, Remittances and their Impact on Economic Development in Turkey
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5. Migration Policies, Remittances and Economic Development in the Philippines; Part II. REMITTANCES AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS; Chapter 6. Principal Channels and Costs of Remittances: The Case of Turkey; Chapter 7. Western Union and the World Market for Remittances; Chapter 8. The MoneySend and MasterCard™ Services; Annex to Part II. Financial Infrastructures and Remittance via the Banking System and other Channels: The Cases of Portugal, Morocco, Latin America and the Caribbean; Part III. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF REMITTANCES
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 9. What is the Macroeconomic Impact of International Remittances on the Home Country?; Chapter 10. Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances; Chapter 11. Emigrants' Remittances - A Potentially Important Development Tool: The Case of Italy; Chapter 12. Remittances and Development: The Case of Greece; Chapter 13. Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?; Part IV. RECENT INITIATIVES TO CHANNEL REMITTANCES TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 14. Social Learning as a Productive Project: The Tres por Uno (Three for One) Experience at Zacatecas, Mexico
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 15. Migration, Remittances and Economic Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 16. "Migration and Development": A Non-governmental Organisation Involved in Co-development; Part V. REMITTANCES AND PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT: SOME PROPOSALS; Chapter 17. Incorporating Insights from Migration Research into Policy on Remittances; Chapter 18. Turning Remittances into Investments; Chapter 19. Motivating Migrants for Social and Economic Development in Mali and Senegal; Chapter 20. The Support of Non-governmental Organisations in the Collection of Remittances
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 21. Some Lessons from the Agence Française de Développement in the Field of Co-development; Conclusions;
    Description / Table of Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Introduction: International Migrant Remittances and their Role in Development; Part I. FINANCIAL FLOWS GENERATED BY EMIGRATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 1. Migrant Remittances and their Impact on Development in the Home Economies: The Case of Africa; Chapter 2. The Remittances of Moroccan Emigrants and their Usage; Chapter 3. Mexico: International Migration, Remittances and Development; Chapter 4. Migration, Remittances and their Impact on Economic Development in Turkey
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5. Migration Policies, Remittances and Economic Development in the PhilippinesPart II. REMITTANCES AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS; Chapter 6. Principal Channels and Costs of Remittances: The Case of Turkey; Chapter 7. Western Union and the World Market for Remittances; Chapter 8. The MoneySend and MasterCard™ Services; Annex to Part II. Financial Infrastructures and Remittance via the Banking System and other Channels: The Cases of Portugal, Morocco, Latin America and the Caribbean; Part III. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF REMITTANCES
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 9. What is the Macroeconomic Impact of International Remittances on the Home Country?Chapter 10. Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances; Chapter 11. Emigrants' Remittances - A Potentially Important Development Tool: The Case of Italy; Chapter 12. Remittances and Development: The Case of Greece; Chapter 13. Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?; Part IV. RECENT INITIATIVES TO CHANNEL REMITTANCES TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 14. Social Learning as a Productive Project: The Tres por Uno (Three for One) Experience at Zacatecas, Mexico
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 15. Migration, Remittances and Economic Initiatives in Sub-Saharan AfricaChapter 16. "Migration and Development": A Non-governmental Organisation Involved in Co-development; Part V. REMITTANCES AND PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT: SOME PROPOSALS; Chapter 17. Incorporating Insights from Migration Research into Policy on Remittances; Chapter 18. Turning Remittances into Investments; Chapter 19. Motivating Migrants for Social and Economic Development in Mali and Senegal; Chapter 20. The Support of Non-governmental Organisations in the Collection of Remittances
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 21. Some Lessons from the Agence Française de Développement in the Field of Co-developmentConclusions;
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: International Migrant Remittances and their Role in Development / Thomas Straubhaar and Florin P. Vădeanpt. 1. Financial flows generated by emigration and their impact on regional development -- 1. Migrant Remittances and their Impact on Development in the Home Economies : The Case of Africa / Flore Gubert -- 2. The Remittances of Moroccan Emigrants and their Usage / Bachir Hamdouch -- 3. Mexico : International Migration, Remittances and Development / Rodolfo Garcia Zamora -- 4. Migration, Remittances and their Impact on Economic Development in Turkey / Ahmet Içduygu -- 5. Migration Policies, Remittances and Economic Development in the Philippines / Carmelita Dimzon -- pt. 2. Remittances and financial infrastructure : challenges and prospects -- 6. Principal Channels and Costs of Remittances: The Case of Turkey / Elif Köksal and Thomas Liebig -- 7. Western Union and the World Market for Remittances / Khalid Fellahi and Susana de Lima -- 8. The MoneySend and MasterCard Services / Olivier Denis -- Annex to Part II. Financial Infrastructures and Remittance via the Banking System and other Channels: The Cases of Portugal, Morocco, Latin America and the Caribbean / José Nascimento Ribeiro ... [et al.] -- pt. 3. Macroeconomic impact of remittances -- 9. What is the Macroeconomic Impact of International Remittances on the Home Country? / Jackline Wahba -- 10. Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances / Sena Eken -- 11. Emigrants' Remittances-- A Potentially Important Development Tool : The Case of Italy / Ricardo Settimo -- 12. Remittances and Development: The Case of Greece / Nicholas Glytsos -- 13. Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries? / Richard Adams and John Page -- pt. 4. Recent initiatives to channel remittances towards development -- 14. Social Learning as a Productive Project : The Tres por Uno (Three for One) Experience at Zacatecas, Mexico / Natasha Iskander -- 15. Migration, Remittances and Economic Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa / Babacar Sall -- 16. "Migration and Development" : A Non-governmental Organisation Involved in Co-development / Nadia Bentaleb and Jamal Lahoussein -- pt. 5. Remittances and promotion of development : some proposals -- 17. Incorporating Insights from Migration Research into Policy on Remittances / Jorgen Carling -- 18. Turning Remittances into Investments / Daniela Bobeva -- 19. Motivating Migrants for Social and Economic Development in Mali and Senegal / Mireille Raunet -- 20. The Support of Non-governmental Organisations in the Collection of Remittances / Jacques Ould Aoudia -- 21. Some Lessons from the Agence Française de Développement in the Field of Co-development / Guillaume Cruse -- Conclusions / Berglind Asgeirsdottir.
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  • 93
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264012097
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (145 p.)
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sonnet, Anne Ageing and employment policies: Netherlands
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    Keywords: Ältere Arbeitskräfte ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Niederlande ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Arbeitsmarktintegration ; Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Netherlands ; Niederlande ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Beschäftigungspolitik
    Abstract: In the Netherlands, the proportion of persons aged 65 and over to the working-age population will rise to 40% by 2050. Without policy changes, this could lead to higher public expenditures, labour force shortages, and slower economic growth. This report surveys of the main barriers to employment for older workers, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers and presents a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners. It examines the balances between income support and work incentives, methods for encouraging employers to hire and retain workers, and policies for ensuring the employability of older workers. This report is published in English with a French translation of the Executive Summary and Recommendations.
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  • 94
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264016224
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (160 p.)
    Series Statement: The OECD Health Project
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Technologies de la santé et prise de décision
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Health technologies and decision making
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    Keywords: Medizintechnik ; Gesundheitswesen ; Entscheidung ; OECD-Staaten ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Science and Technology ; Konferenzschrift ; OECD ; Medizintechnik ; Bewertung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Entscheidungsfindung
    Abstract: Health technology has the tremendous potential to change our understanding of disease, transform the delivery of health-care services, and improve health outcomes. But using such technology comes at a price. Health Technologies and Decision Making analyses the barriers to, and facilitators of, evidence-based decision making in OECD health-care systems. It examines how countries can successfully manage the opportunities and challenges arising from health-related technology by optimising decision-making processes, recognising the value of innovation, dealing with uncertainty, and producing and co-ordinating health technology assessment. The book also considers the capacity of health systems to respond to the particular challenges of fast-developing health-related biotechnologies.
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  • 95
    ISBN: 9789264014060
    Language: German
    Pages: Online-Ressource (188 p.)
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi; Germany 2005
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi: Germany 2005
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Prinz, Christopher Alterung und Beschäftigungspolitik: Deutschland
    DDC: 331.120420943
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    Keywords: Ältere Arbeitskräfte ; Deutschland ; Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Germany ; Deutschland ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Beschäftigungspolitik
    Abstract: Der Bericht enthält Untersuchungen der wichtigsten Beschäftigungshindernisse für ältere Arbeitskräfte, eine Beurteilung der Eignung und Wirksamkeit der bestehenden Maßnahmen zur Beseitigung dieser Hindernisse sowie einen Katalog an Politikempfehlungen für weitere Aktionen seitens der zuständigen öffentlichen Stellen und der Sozialpartner.Angesichts der rasch fortschreitenden Bevölkerungsalterung und des Trends zum vorzeitigen Arbeitsmarktrückzug muss für bessere Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten für ältere Menschen gesorgt werden. Regierungen ebenso wie Unternehmen werden aktive Maßnahmen ergreifen müssen, um die Lohnfindungsmechanismen auf eine alternde Erwerbsbevölkerung abzustimmen, um zu verhindern, dass andere Sozialtransfersysteme als alternative Wege in die Frührente genutzt werden, um Altersdiskriminierung zu bekämpfen und um die Arbeitsplatzkompetenzen und Arbeitsbedingungen der älteren Arbeitskräfte zu verbessern.
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9789264008939
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (158 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Health Systems
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Estudios de la OCDE sobre los Sistemas de Salud ; Mexico
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Estudios de la OCDE sobre los Sistemas de Salud : Mexico
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Oxley, Howard, 1944 - Mexico
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitsreform ; Mexiko ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Mexico ; Mexiko ; Gesundheitswesen
    Abstract: This book describes the strengths and weaknesses of the Mexican health system in terms of access to health care, quality of care, efficiency of supply of services and the financial sustainability of the system. The report also evaluates reforms to the system with particular emphasis on the recently-introduced System of Social Protection in Health ("Sistema de Protección Social en Salud") and assesses remaining policy challenges facing the Mexican Authorities.
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9789264013834
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (110 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: OECD Reviews of Health Systems
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hurst, Jeremy Finland
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitsreform ; Finnland ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Finland ; Finnland ; Gesundheitswesen
    Abstract: This comprehensive review of the Finnish health care system evaluates financing, service provision, investment, governance, and insurance/payment schemes. Recent reforms are assessed and longer-term challenges such as those posed by technological change, a rapidly ageing population, and rising consumer expectations are evaluated. The review includes a series of recommendations.
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  • 98
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264008472
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (172 p.)
    Series Statement: Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi/Ageing and Employment Policies
    Series Statement: Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi; France 2005
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi: France 2005
    DDC: 305
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    Keywords: Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; France ; Frankreich ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigungspolitik ; Anreizsystem ; Rentenversicherung
    Abstract: Pour faire face au vieillissement rapide de la population, il est nécessaire de promouvoir de meilleures opportunités d'emploi pour les travailleurs âgés. On a déjà beaucoup fait état du besoin de réformer les régimes de pension de retraite et de préretraite. Pourtant, cela ne sera sans doute pas suffisant en soi pour relever significativement les taux d'emploi des plus âgés ni pour réduire le risque futur de pénurie de travailleurs. Les autorités publiques et les entreprises doivent sans tarder prendre des mesures pour adapter la fixation des salaires à une main-d'œuvre plus âgée, pour s'attaquer aux discriminations du fait de l'âge et pour améliorer les qualifications et les conditions de travail des travailleurs âgés. Un changement d'attitude s'impose aussi de la part des individus quant au travail à un âge plus tardif et à l'acquisition de nouvelles compétences. On sait relativement peu de choses sur ce que les différents pays de l'OCDE sont en train de faire ou devraient faire dans ces domaines. Afin d'y remédier, l'OCDE a lancé une série de rapports dans une vingtaine de pays, dont la France. Chaque rapport national fait le tour des principales barrières qui existent concernant l'emploi des travailleurs âgés, évalue la pertinence et l'efficacité des mesures existantes pour contrer ces barrières et présente une série de recommandations sur les politiques que les autorités publiques et les partenaires sociaux devraient mener. La version anglaise du résumé et des principales recommandations a été incluse dans ce volume. Dans la même série : Belgique Czech Republic Finland Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Norway Spain Suisse Sweden United Kingdom
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  • 99
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264012745
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (168 p.)
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Alterung und Beschäftigungspolitik; Deutschland 2005
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Prinz, Christopher Ageing and employment policies: Germany
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    Keywords: Ältere Arbeitskräfte ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Deutschland ; Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Germany ; Deutschland ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Beschäftigungspolitik ; Deutschland ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Altern ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Beschäftigungspolitik
    Abstract: This report, part of a series covering around 20 OECD countries, contains a survey of Germany's main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers, and a set of policy recommendations to further action by public authorities and social partners. These recommendations are designed to alleviate some of the pension and health care pressures governments are facing because of ageing populations.
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  • 100
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264020313
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (128 p.)
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 362.6094897
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    Keywords: Employment ; Finance and Investment ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Finland
    Abstract: This report, part of a series covering around 20 OECD countries, contains a survey of the Finland's main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers, and a set of policy recommendations to further action by public authorities and social partners. These recommendations are designed to alleviate some of the pension and health care pressures governments are facing because of ageing populations.
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