National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Foreign Scholar Lecture Series

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research


The lecture by Dr. Adema was given as follows.





Date and time: 16:00 - 17:30, November 19 (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: Willem Adema (Senior Economist for the Social Policy Division, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour & Social Affairs)

Title: "Is the European Welfare State Really More Expensive? After the Global Financial Crisis in 2008"

In order to take an advantage of Dr. Willem Adema’s visit to Tokyo in November, we have organized an open lecture. Dr. Adema will give us a talk about the new findings from the forthcoming OECD SOCX 2012 edition. In his previous working paper, the SOCX covers the data period between 1980 and 2007. In the new edition, the data are extended to 2009.

Working Paper which related with the topic: Adema, W., P. Fron and M. Ladaique (2011), "Is the European Welfare State Really More Expensive?: Indicators on Social Spending, 1980-2012; and a Manual to the OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX)", OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 124, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/5kg2d2d4pbf0-en




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