6 minute read Late into a recent evening in January, the city of Paris, together with 30 neighbouring municipalities, mobilised around two thousand volunteers to take stock of the excluded and uncounted, people without shelter, as part of its sixth annual street count; la Nuit de la Solidarité.
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5 minute read In many OECD countries, Welfare States have expanded from a rudimentary base 60 years ago to the more comprehensive systems we see today. Public social expenditure amounted to less than 10% of GDP in 1960, but has more than doubled…
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4 minute read Nowadays, policymaking and economic analyses rely heavily on statistics and international comparisons. The demand for high-frequency, reliable but also easily accessible data is increasing.
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3 minute read Numerous surveys suggest that WFH turned out to be a good experience for most workers and managers. The question is what is going to happen as the pandemic fades. Will we all return to the office, or will we keep WFH, at least part of the time?
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6 minute read Data on availability and use of paid leave entitlements is crucial for understanding the effectiveness of paid parental leave policies. However, the design of paid leave policy varies markedly across countries.
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4 minute read After six decades of consistent growth, the unprecedented shock of the global COVID-19 pandemic saw tourism come to a near complete standstill. Two years on, there’s still huge uncertainty for the tourism sector. What lies in store for tourism in 2023 and beyond? Before the pandemic, tourism generated 4.4% of GDP on average in OECD countries.
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4 minute read What do statisticians and other assorted analysts do at their holiday parties? Drink too much and embarrass themselves? Of course not, they guesstimate the number of chocolates in a glass jar (and embarrass themselves).
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5 minute read Traditionnellement, les tableaux des ressources et des emplois (TRE) ont été utilisés pour améliorer les estimations du produit intérieur brut (PIB)…
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