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Top 20% performers Australia Canada Denmark Norway Sweden Switzerland United States 60% middle performers Austria Belgium Czech Republic Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Poland Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain United Kingdom 20% bottom performers Chile Estonia Greece Hungary Mexico Portugal Turkey

Source: How’s Life? 2013 – Unweighted averages across all well-being dimensions

20% top performers 60% middle performers 20% bottom performers

Canada Germany Greece

Source: How’s Life? 2013 X-axis: Life Satisfaction =average score on a 0-10 scale ; source: OECD calculations on the World Gallup Poll Y-axis: Long term unemployment rate= % of the labour force unemployed for one year or more; source: OECD Labour Force Statistics

1 1 2 2 3 3

6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

United States

Life satisfaction Long-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OECD Euro area (selected countries)

Life satisfaction Long-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)

Source: OECD calculations on US SIPP and EU-SILC Source: OECD National Accounts Database

In the Euro area, the share of the population with total housing costs greater or equal to 40% of disposable income rose

OECD Euro Area, 2007 = 100 Around 20% of US households moved in with other households

5 6 7 8 9 10 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Owner with mortgage or loan

90 92 94 96 98 100 102 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Household disposable income per capita GDP per capita

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 OECD OECD Euro area JPN USA Percentage of people reporting to trust national government 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 OECD OECD Euro area USA Percentage of people reporting having helped someone, 2007=100

Source: OECD calculations on Gallup World Poll

OECD Euro area employment rates of different groups relative to that of the overall population 2008 Q1=100

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

OECD Europe GRC ITA FRA Percentage of people reporting unmet medical needs for financial reasons

Source: OECD Labour Force Statistics Source: OECD calculations on EU-SILC

80 90 100 110 120

Youth (aged 15/16-24) Older workers (aged 55-64) Low-skilled (aged 25-64) High-skilled (aged 25-64)

Job Demands

• Work pressure
• Emotional demands
• Physical health risk factors
• Workplace intimidation

Job Resources

• Work autonomy
• Learning opportunities
• Task clarity
• Supportive management practices
• Colleagues’ support

Source: OECD calculations on the European Survey on Working Conditions 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 High job demands and low job resources High job demands and high job resources Low job demands and low job resources Low job demands and high job resources Proportion of European workers reporting that work impairs their health, 2010 2 4 6 8 10 12 High job demands and low job resources High job demands and high job resources Low job demands and low job resources Low job demands and high job resources Number of annual days of sick leave, Europe, 2010

Poverty rates among individuals living in households with at least one worker, 2010 Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

10 20 30 40 50

2010 or latest available year 2000 or first available year Gender wage gaps (Men minus Women/Men )

5 10 15 20 25

Gender time gaps (Women minus Men)

Source: OECD Employment Database Source: OECD calculations based on national time-use surveys

Number of weekly hours of unpaid work

Women are the primary target of intimate violence and have greater fears about their safety

On average in the OECD, 25% of women say they have been victim

• f intimate violence from their partner

Women are under-represented in top management and political positions

On average in the OECD, only 27% of parliamentary seats are occupied by women

Women live 5 years longer than men Young women are more educated than young men

Source: OECD calculations on European Quality of Life Survey Proportion of men and women relying on partner/spouse and friends if they needed help when looking for a job, Europe, 2007

10 12 14 16 18 20 22 Men Women Partner / spouse Friend