In 2004, U.S. health care spending per capita was 2.5 times greater than health spending in the median Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country and much higher than health spending in any other OECD country. The United States had fewer physicians, nurses, hospital beds, doctor visits, and hospital days per capita than the median OECD country. Health care prices and h...

An earlier version of this paper was prepared for the joint OECD/Eurostat workshop on innovation surveys, OECD, Paris, June 3

Twice a year, the OECD publishes projections for the world economy in the context of the OECD Economic Outlook. These projections are based on a number of key assumptions regarding economic policy and the international environment. They are used to assess future trends in the world economy, evaluate outstanding risks and make recommendations on appropriate economic policies. To be helpful for t...

The aim of the Forum was to bring representatives from OECD and non-OECD country governments together with representatives from the research community, to identify and discuss key policy issues relating to greenhouse gas emissions trading and other project based mechanisms for GHG emission reduction, such as Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism. The Forum also aimed to promo...

When one thinks of international organizations whose administrative processes legal scholars should understand, the European Union and the World Trade Organization come to mind without a moment’s hesitation. A bit later, perhaps, one might also come up with the Montreal Protocol secretariat, Codex Alimentarius, or the International Organization for Standardization. It will probably take a good ...

1. Policy makers as well as the public devote considerable attention to the outcomes of higher education. For some aspects of higher education outputs and outcomes, such as the type and number of degrees awarded, the research outputs produced or the labour-market returns to higher education studies, numerous indicators exist at both national and international levels. However, for other aspects,...

In this article, we offer a supply-side explanation of two striking patterns in European unemployment as compared with that of other member countries of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). (See figure 1 and table 1.) The first pattern is that of average unemployment rates. These were similar for European and non-European OECD countries during the 1960s and 1970s, b...