10-October-2019
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The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of obesity: nearly one in three adults are obese. As a result, people in the United Kingdom live on average 2.7 years less due to overweight. Overweight accounts for 8.4% of health expenditure; and lowers labour market outputs by the equivalent of 944 thousand full time workers per year. Combined, this means that overweight reduces United Kingdom’s GDP by 3.4%.
13-August-2019
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20-June-2019
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22-May-2019
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This document describes the key findings for Northern Ireland from the OECD Skills Strategy 2019.
22-May-2019
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This document describes the key findings for England from the OECD Skills Strategy 2019.
8-February-2019
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4-December-2018
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The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges.
23-October-2018
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15-October-2018
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