A Glance at OECD Social Indicators (for 2011)

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1 Social Reporting in Europe 2010: Current Trends of Societal Development and Social Implications of the Economic Crisis Villa Vigoni, 16 March 2010 A Glance at OECD Social Indicators (for 2011) Maxime Ladaique Manager of Statistical Resources, OECD Social Policy Division ( 1

2 Outline 1. What is OECD-SAG? a. Background b. Goals c. Framework + the special focus chapter d. The OECD at a Glance philosophy + example e. The on-line version of SAG 2. What will be new in SAG2011? a. Increase in country coverage b. Influence of the Stiglitz commission c. Examples (4) of 2011 social indicators To remember 2

3 Part 1. What is OECD Society at a Glance? 3

4 Background 1960s/70s -- calls for social accounting Key indicators to monitor general social trends OECD project begun in mid 1970s, with a first list of OECD indicators published in 1982, but no follow-up, till Early 2000s: the new OECD project SAG (+SAG Asia)

5 The goals of OECD social indicators To give insights relevant to answering two questions: What progress have OECD countries achieved in terms of their social development? How effective have been the actions of society in furthering social development? Social indicators help in answering these two questions. Using national / international administrative and survey data, we compare social outcomes across OECD countries (and other countries) using the following bi-dimensional framework 5

6 Framework of OECD social indicators Area (4) 6

7 + the special focus chapter SAG 2006: Measuring Well-Being the Role of Social Indicators money income is not the only relevant contributor to measure wellbeing There is a need to complement income measures with other social indicators to get a comprehensive picture of well-being SAG 2009: Measuring Leisure in OECD countries Variation of leisure in an average day, by gender, age French spend more time sleeping and eating Men have more leisure than women (part. in Italy) Need for more regular and harmonised Time Use Surveys SAG 2011: (in Part 2) 7

8 The OECD at a Glance philosophy 8

9 At a Glance Example: public social spending 9

10 SAG indicators are also on-line via 10

11 Part 2. What will be new in OECD Society at a Glance 2011??? 2011?? 11

12 Large increase in country coverage for SAG2011: OECD-30 + (AC-5 + EE-5) 19 EU-OECD countries 11 OECD non-eu countries 5 OECD Accession Countries (of which 2 are EU) 5 OECD Enhanced Engagement countries (in yellow) 8 EU non-oecd countries, of which 2 are OECD accession countries 12

13 Influence of the Stiglitz commission recommendations To identify the limits of GDP as an indicator of economic performance and social progress Focus on household sector From GDPpc or NNIpc to median disposable household income Measuring Unpaid Work (household production) Special focus chapter 2011: Measuring unpaid work by type: childcare, cooking, cleaning, shopping, by gender, age, socio/economic status Valuing UW using various measures Measuring Subjective well-being 13

14 + 4 examples (from our draft list of indicators for SAG2011) 14

15 SAG2011: Dependency ratios And/Or: Number of people of working age per person of pension age, TUR KOR MEX 7 IRL AUT SWE ITA Oldest OECD country TUR OECD-30 4 JPN Youngest OECD country

16 SAG2011: Age of labour force exit (Social status / Self-sufficiency) and expected years in retirement 16

17 SAG2011: Unemployment & Employment (Social status / Self-sufficiency) 1973:Q2 1979:Q2 1990:Q :Q2 2007:Q3 projected The current crisis is the worst in recent decades The unemployment impact so far differs greatly across countries Index base 100 = unemployment rate OECD area, quarterly data Q0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Quarters elapsed since the beginning of the recession Men, youths, low educated, and shortterm contracts suffer more Percentage change of employment over 2008 Q2 to 2009 Q Q9 = 2010Q1 Total Men Women Low Medium High Self-emp Perm Temp 17 Gender Age Education Work status

18 SAG2011: Life satisfaction (SWB) (Social status / Health and/or Social Cohesion ) Considerable differences between countries regarding life satisfaction, (provisional data) and decline in 2009 Imagine an eleven-rung ladder where the bottom (0) represents the worst possible life for you and the top (10) represents the best possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?. 18

19 To remember New SAG 2011 release in May 2011, at the time of the OECD Social Policy Ministerial Meeting regular + new indicators (i.e trust, pro-social behavior,...) data for 40 countries, OECD + accession countries: Chile Estonia Israel Russia Slovenia enhanced engagement countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa Special focus chapter on Measuring Unpaid Work (from Time Use Surveys) SAG data and text can be downloaded via 19

20 Hidden slides 20

21 Headline Social indicators Levels (1/2) 21

22 Headline Social indicators Trends (2/2) 22