08/11/2011 1:05:57 pm
"Social Justice" - Sweden Number Three in the OECD. In a new publication from the Bertelsmann Stiftung, 31 OECD countries are studied regarding their degree of "social justice". They look at factors like access to education, relative poverty, labour market inclusion and health. Sweden comes out as number three in the non weighted summary (four in the weighted one). Northern Europe in general stands out as the most socially just part of the OECD. But still Sweden has some challenges in the labour market, such as fighting youth unemployment. True, there is a need for further reform.

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