OECD Economic Studies: No. 37 Volume 2003 Issue 2 (Complete Edition)

Source: OECD Economic Studies, Volume 2003, Number 2, July 2004 , pp. i-208(209)

Publisher: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Abstract:

RETIREMENT BEHAVIOUR IN OECD COUNTRIES: IMPACT OF OLD-AGE PENSION SCHEMES AND OTHER SOCIAL TRANSFER PROGRAMMES Retirement incentives contained in old-age pensions and other social transfer programmes explain a sizeable share of past declines and current differences between countries in older males' participation in the labour force.

LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE ROLE OF POLICY AND OTHER DETERMINANTS IN OECD COUNTRIESTaxation, childcare subsidies, leave arrangements, education levels and overall unemployment all affect the labour force participation of women.

ENHANCING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC SPENDING: EXPERIENCE IN OECD COUNTRIESThree main areas for action are proposed to curb the growth in public spending while enhancing its cost effectiveness: i) the budget process, ii) public management practices, and iii) the use of market mechanisms to deliver public services.

CAPITAL STOCKS, CAPITAL SERVICES AND MULTI-FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY MEASURESMeasures of capital services are developed and applied to productivity analysis

TOWARDS MORE HARMONISED ESTIMATES OF INVESTMENT IN SOFTWAREMethods to estimate software investment diverge across countries and the use of harmonised methods would affect measured GDP.

Document Type: Review article

Publication date: 2004-07-01