National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Foreign Scholar Lecture Series

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research


The lecture by Mr. Pearson was given as follows.

Date and time: 13:30 - 15:00, July 23 (Mon.), 2012

Place: NIPSSR on the 6th floor of Hibiya Kokusai Building at Uchisaiwai-cho Meeting Room No.4 (TEL 03-3595-2984 ext.4484)


Lecturer: Mark Pearson (Head, Health Division, OECD)

Title: "The Economic Crisis and Health"

Mr.Mark Pearson (Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)) has engaged in the work on social policy at the OECD for many years. Especially, he advised many governments on the best way to combine income transfers with social and employment services through his research and work. He has written a number of books for the OECD including "Growing Unequal? " and a series of studies of social assistance policies and of family policies. In this seminar, titled "The Economic Crisis and Health," he talked about the sustainability of health spending, based on the evidence of the trend of health spending, the influence of economic crisis on health spending, and he drew suggestion about the desired policy response for health expenditure for OECD nations.


The lecture and the discussion were given in English.

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