This report provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in more than 40 countries, including OECD members and G20 partners. Summary: Featuring more than 100 charts, 200 tables, and over 100 000 figures, Education at a Glance provides key information on the ouput of educational institutions; the impact of learning across...

Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators offers a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators that reflects a consensus among professionals on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The indicators provide information on the human and financial resources invested in education, how education and learning systems operate and evolve, and the...

The OECD employment outlook provides an annual assessment of labour market developments and prospects in member countries. Editorial (33)Achieving a Sustainable Recovery: What Can Labour Market Policy Contribute? Chapter1: Waiting for the Recovery: OECD Labour Markets in the Wake of the Crisis Chapter 2: What makes Labour Markets resilient during recessions Chapter 3: Labour Losing...

This paper shows that cognitive skills can account for growth differences within the OECD, whereas a range of economic institutions and quantitative measures of tertiary education cannot. Under the growth model estimates and plausible projection parameters, school improvements falling within currently observed performance levels yield very large gains. The present value of OECD aggregate gains...

Housing markets have played a prominent role in macroeconomic developments over recent years. For a great part of the 2000s, buoyant housing markets have contributed to sustained economic activity in most OECD countries. But many markets overheated and the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market has been at the epicentre of a deep financial...