Main Findings from the 2020 Risks that Matter Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred perhaps the largest expansion of social protection
systems in seventy years. Yet many people are still deeply affected by the crisis
and are calling for even more help. Drawing on 25 000 responses across 25 OECD countries,
the 2020 Risks that Matter survey finds that people are worried about keeping their
jobs, paying the bills and staying healthy. Almost seven out of ten respondents say
that their government should be doing more to ensure their economic and social security,
and many are willing to pay more in taxes to support this. The perspectives presented
in this report offer important lessons for how to expand and reform social protection
as our societies and economies slowly start to recover from the pandemic.
See all figures and data, country highlights for selected countries, and more on the OECD Risks that Matter suvery 2020 (and 2018) via http://oe.cd/RTM