1. Information on public family supports in the OECD Family database ECEC Network meeting Paris, 21-22, 2010 Willem Adema Senior Economist, OECD Social Policy Division (www.oecd.org/els/social/family)

2. What will be discussed in the next 10-15 minutes or so?  Public spending on family supports  Parental leave, spending and system indicators  Childcare and early education, spending, enrolment, costs to parents  Data from the OECD Family database : (www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database)

3. OECD Family Database  Family composition  Labour Market Status of Families  Child Outcomes  Public Policies for Families and Children (www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database)

4. Composition of family spending varies across countries

5. Public spending on children and youth by age Average social expenditure by child age by intervention as a proportion of median working-age household income, 2007 (preliminary data)

6. Spending on maternity and parental leave payments per child born, 2005 Spending per birth as a % of GDP per capita

7. Maternity leave in weeks entitled and expressed as a % of maternity leave at Full-Time Employment pay

8. Slight upward trends in spending early childcare en early education

9. Enrolment rates in formal care among under-threes varies widely across countries Average enrolment rate of children aged under three years of age in formal childcare (2006) Notes: 1) Data concern 2005; 2) Data concern 2008.

10. Enrolment rates in pre-school education shows less variation across countries Average enrolment rate of children aged 3 to 5 in pre-school educational programmes (2006)

11. Source: OECD Tax-Benefit Models, Preliminary Results for 2008 Net Childcare Costs, 2008 (preliminary) (% of Average Wage)

12. Source: OECD Tax-Benefit Models, Preliminary Results for 2008 Financial Incentives to Take Up Employment (% increase in family disposable income, 2008 preliminary)

13. Thank you for your attention!