Does the welfare state destroy the

Improving corporate governance has emerged as a priority in all OECD Member countries during the past few years. The enhanced accountability, transparency, and integrity flowing from improved corporate governance practices create value for shareholders and other stakeholders, reduce the cost

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We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show

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trends in international migration both from East Asia to OECD member countries and within East Asian countries, focusing on the movement of highly skilled workers. Currently there are large outflows of workers from less-advanced East Asian countries to the more advanced economies of the region

is the first completely new edition since its initial publication by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in 1995. As with the 1995 Edition and the subsequent partial updates, it is organised on the basis of a standardised format for all countries, thus facilitating the search for and comparison

decades have seen a spectacular integration of the global economy through trade. The share of imports (or exports) in GDP for the United States has approximately doubled in the last two decades, and if intra-OECD trade is omitted, the same is true for the OECD countries generally. Trade does remain a

With unemployment at historically high levels in many OECD countries, increased job creation has risen to the top of the policy agenda for many western governments-but how can this be achieved? The importance of job creation (and destruction) in an economy cannot be overstated. Labour is organized