This paper draws on the OECD's experience working with countries to develop and implement best practice principles for regulatory impact assessment (RIA). It presents a reference methodology and recommendations for national regulatory authorities to systematically adopt RIAs. The methodology provides a complete toolkit covering problem identification through to implementation.

Without a stronger focus on healthy ageing, population ageing will have a strong impact on health and long-term care expenditures. This report discusses how a stronger focus on preventive interventions and reablement helps promote healthy ageing. It highlights that promoting healthcare closer to people and more integrated care are cost-effective interventions for older people.

This mixed method review synthesises findings about the impact of interventions on youth employment, skills development and wellbeing outcomes, how interventions work, and how to implement them well in OECD countries. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the available evidence on youth employment interventions, bringing together diverse types of available insights on factors that influence...

Subjective wellbeing encompasses the ways that people experience and think about their lives. Building on the first edition, these guidelines seek to improve the quality and international comparability of subjective wellbeing data. They provide data producers with the information and tools they need to measure subjective wellbeing in a robust, well-validated and internationally comparable way.

How can research and initial teacher education institutions become active drivers of evidence-informed policy and practice? Drawing on data from the OECD’s 2023 Survey of Knowledge Mobilisation and international research, this paper offers considerations and examples on how to strengthen the role of research and initial teacher education institutions in knowledge mobilisation.