The data are shown as numbers of students or teachers and currency values of expenditure. The OECD Social Expenditure Database has been developed to provide a tool for monitoring trends in social expenditure at the aggregate level and to analyze changes in the composition of social expenditures in 28 OECD countries. Active labour market programmes Unemployment Public expenditure on health Housing Other contingencies Also, see the complete list for social expenditure categories available for all reporting countries as well as the complete time coverage by country . Data Series updated to 1998 and selected estimates for 1999 Restructured Database for easier access Vastly expanded help file system with sources and methods Extensive revisions of all variable definitions with enhanced documentation Comprehensive flow charts on aspects of health care systems Ability to download data and software updates from the Internet Covers all 29 OECD Member countries Spanish and German capability in addition to English and French Enhanced display of tables, printing facility, and export features OECD's ground breaking set of data on the health economics of its Member countries. The package includes software that allows the user to select data by series, country, and year.
Users can create charts and maps from selected data, and export it for use with other software.
This set of data is updated and expanded annually. Included is a comprehensive Manual. View the OECD Health topic web site for more information. The data consist of time series showing the evolution of labour force indicators for 20 OECD Member countries. The periodicities of the data are monthly, quarterly, and annual, subject to availability.