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**Growth In Real Household Income Slows In The First Quarter Of 2025**

"_On the other hand, the United Kingdom and Germany recorded declines in real household income per capita (-1.3% and -0.4%, respectively), as consumer price inflation eroded nominal income growth (Figure 2), while real GDP per capita expanded (0.5% and 0.3%, respectively)._"

🔗 oecd.org/en/data/insights/stat.

#Data #DataViz #Statistics #Income #Inflation #Economy #Economics #OECD @economics

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#OECD warns that #Ukraine law on control of anti-corruption agencies could deter investment in defense and reconstruction

OECD anti-corruption head Fromholz to #Zelensky office: Bill threatens independence of anti-corruption agencies and could undermine #Kyiv credibility among foreign partners

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Auch die #OECD empfiehlt höhere vermögensbezogene Steuern und die Einführung von Erbschaftssteuern. Denn Österreich liegt im OECD-Ranking der Länder mit den geringsten vermögensbezogenen Steuern (ohne KESt) auf dem vierten Platz. 6/

📢 #Internship opportunity at the #OECD Trento Centre - Spatial Productivity lab

Start date: September-October 2025
Length: at least 3 months

Apply if you have advanced quantitative skills, like to code in #R #rstats and/or #Stata and are interested to do quantitative work for policy focused projects and research on #regional #productivity, and regional economic transformations. #economy

🚨 Deadline for applications is 20 July 2025

More details: linkedin.com/posts/wessel-verm

www.linkedin.com📢 Internship opportunity at the #OECD Trento Centre - Spatial Productivity lab | Wessel Vermeulen📢 Internship opportunity at the #OECD Trento Centre - Spatial Productivity lab Start date: September-October 2025 Length: at least 3 months Apply if you have advanced quantitative skills, like to code in #R and/or #Stata and are interested to do quantitative work for policy focused projects and research on #regional #productivity, and regional economic transformations. Most of our previous interns were doing a PhD in (applied) economics, but we're open for people with similar skills doing their Master or in an a different field, e.g. data science, sociology, or public policy. The internship comes with a monetary support for living expenses, independent of whether the work takes places full-time or part-time at our Trento Centre. See the attached document for details, eligibility requirements and application process. 🚨 Deadline for applications is 20 July 2025 cc. Carlo Menon, Zuzana Zavarska, Alessandra Proto, Katerina Ciampi Stancova, PhD, Cem Özgüzel, Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, Lars Ludolph, Alexander Lembcke,

OECD-Beschäftigungsausblick 2025: Deutschland

Deutschlands Arbeitsmarkt bleibt 2025 stabil, doch der demografische Wandel bremst das Wachstum.

Die OECD empfiehlt mehr Beschäftigung älterer Menschen, gezielte Migration und Reformen für eine zukunftsfähige Arbeitsmarktpolitik.

bildungsspiegel.de/news/berufs

BildungsSpiegel · OECD-Beschäftigungsausblick 2025: DeutschlandBy Redaktion

How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber #jobs in #academia
#PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside #universities, researchers warn
Among the 38 #OECD countries, new doctorate holders almost doubled between 1998 and 2017. This growth has forced PhD graduates into non-academic careers at unprecedented rates. A 2023 study of more than 4,500 PhD graduates in the UK found over two-thirds were employed outside academia.
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

www.nature.comHow many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academiaPhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.