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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 3. Income Redistribution via Taxes and Transfers Across OECD Countries

Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

. The paper then assesses potential trade-offs and complementarities between economic growth and income redistribution … deux objectifs sont-ils compatibles ? : Partie 3. Redistribution du revenu par le biais de l'impôt et des transferts dans … croissance économique et de redistribution du revenu relatifs aux diverses possibilités de réforme des systèmes fiscaux et de …

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The Equity Implications of Fiscal Consolidation

Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Wurzel, Eckhard; Christensen, Ane … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an approximate first step in the analysis. A full assessment of distributional effects of consolidation packages would need...

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Less Income Inequality and More Growth – Are They Compatible? Part 1. Mapping Income Inequality Across the OECD

Hoeller, Peter; Joumard, Isabelle; Pisu, Mauro; Bloch, Debra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

household market income inequality, due to the redistributive effect of tax and transfer systems, but redistribution differs … redistribution est très variable selon les pays. Ce document dresse une cartographie des inégalités de revenu dans tous les pays de l …, but redistribution differs widely across countries. This paper maps income inequality for all OECD countries across …

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What Makes Mexicans Happy?

Dugain, Valéry; Olaberriá, Eduardo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

The growing literature studying the determinants of subjective wellbeing find that Mexicans report, on average, levels of life satisfaction that are above what would be predicted by the available objective measures of well-being. This paradox raises the following question: Are the drivers of...

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Improving the well-being of Canadians

Jarrett, Peter - 2021

For many years now, a growing number of economists, policy makers, and civil society groups have pointed to the limits of using only GDP as the primary measure of national economic progress. Accordingly, a progressively greater focus has been placed on the concept of well-being and its optimal...

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Dividing the Pie in Brazil: Income Distribution, Social Policies and the New Middle Class

Arnold, Jens; Jalles, João - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...

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Inequality and Poverty in the United States: Public Policies for Inclusive Growth

Denk, Oliver; Hagemann, Robert P.; Lenain, Patrick; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms … pleinement leur potentiel. En outre, le système de prélèvements et de prestations contribue moins à la redistribution du revenu …

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Options for Reforming The Tax System in Greece

Bronchi, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

For many years Greece has not made a systematic effort to redesign the whole tax system. Changes to taxation have been …

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Reforming the Tax System in Portugal

Bronchi, Chiara; Gomes-Santos, José C. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

priority to a lower frequency of tax changes; making the taxation of dependent workers more equitable and less onerous vis …

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The Tax System in Japan: A Need for Comprehensive Reform

Dalsgaard, Thomas; Kawagoe, Masaaki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

The Japanese tax system applies relatively low marginal tax rates on most economic activities which, in combination with moderate tax elasticities of the bases, indicate that the overall distortion from the tax system (the excess burden) is probably modest compared with other OECD countries....

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