The preparation and writing of this report was co‑ordinated by Marion Devaux while Michele Cecchini provided overall guidance and strategic direction. Several people at the OECD contributed to writing this report. Marion Devaux led Chapters 1, 2, 3 and Shunta Takino Chapters 4 and 5. Alena Piatrova co‑authored Chapters 2, 3 and 4, Hyunjin Kang Chapter 4, Michele Cecchini Chapters 1 and 4, and Pedro Isaac Vazquez-Venegas Chapter 3, 4 and 5. Alexandra Aldea carried out data analyses for Chapter 2 and Ngoun Lay contributed to literature research for Chapter 3. Francesca Colombo, Mark Pearson and Stefano Scarpetta provided valuable comments and suggestions at various stages of the project. Hannah Whybrow and Guillaume Haquin provided administrative assistance, Natalie Corry and Lucy Hulett provided support in the publication process.
Preliminary versions of the chapters of this report were presented and discussed at meetings of the OECD Expert Group on the Economics of Public Health (EGEPH) in May 2022, and of the OECD Health Committee in June 2022. The authors would like to thank country experts and delegates who provided feedback following these meetings and contributed to shape the content of the report. Special thanks go to delegates from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United States, the European Commission, and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) for their constructive comments. In addition, the authors would like to acknowledge the useful comments received from the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) and Business at OECD.
The report also benefitted from comments received from colleagues from various parts of the OECD. The authors would especially like to thank Sandrine Cazes and Chloé Touzet from the Jobs and Income Division, Anne Saint-Martin, Christopher Prinz, Sílvia Garcia-Mandicó and Francisca Vargas Lopes from the Skills and Employability Division in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), Benjamin Michel from the Centre for Responsible Business Conduct in the Directorate for Financial and Enterprises Affairs (DAF), and Vincent Siegerink and Fabrice Murtin from the Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE).
This report was produced with the support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, who also provided valuable feedback throughout the project. The authors are especially thankful to Takuma Inamura and Yuki Ryogo for their comments.