Babies and Bosses: What lessons for governments?Work and family constraints can lead to too few children and too little employment, affecting quality of life and economic performance. Yet many parents would like to go out to work more, while others would like to spend more time raising their children. What can policymakers do to help parents achieve a better work/family balance? The OECD’s Babies and Bosses series offers some lessons.
(1593 words)- Innovation, growth and equity
“Innovation: Advancing the OECD Agenda for Growth and Equity”: that is the theme of this year’s annual Ministerial Council on 15-16 May, and it reflects what many governments believe are clear priorities. (Chair's conclusions now available!)
(623 words) - Owning up
Home ownership, rather than rented accommodation, has become the norm in most OECD countries over the last 20 years. In fact, Germany is the only OECD country where the owner occupation rate is well below 50% of the total.
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- Ministers' roundtable on climate change
- Bullying at school: tackling the problem
- Transfer pricing: Keeping it at arm’s length
- Who pays the highest income tax?
- Immigration in the European Union: problem or solu...
- OECD in Figures
- The brain drain: Old myths, new realities
- The income taxes people really pay
- Illegal immigrants and the labour market
- The Internet economy: Towards a better future
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